A couple more from November/December from Petts Wood - vdB4 and IC2162

[Roberto]

A couple of pictures I finished just before 2022 ran out.  I received a new camera and spent a couple of weeks in December dialling it up for my telescope/flattener arrangement so the luminance is a combination of data from two different cameras.  Acquired with my usual tandem refractor setup (152mm f/7.5 and 92mm f/5.3).

van den Bergh 4 and environs - LRGB

https://www.astrobin.com/5z190m/E/

Dates:  23 Nov 2022 ·  25 Nov 2022 ·  30 Nov 2022 ·  26 Dec 2022 ·  29 Dec 2022
Frames: OSC - 130×300″(10h 50′) bin 1×1
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm: 19×600″(3h 10′) bin 1×1
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm: 40×600″(6h 40′) bin 2×2
Integration: 20h 40′
Avg. Moon age: 9.67 days
Avg. Moon phase: 21.91%



IC2162 and friends - LRGB

https://www.astrobin.com/5phbwe/E/

Dates: 24 Nov 2022 ·  23 Dec 2022 ·  26 Dec 2022 ·  27 Dec 2022 ·  29 Dec 2022 ·  30 Dec 2022
Frames: OSC - 92×300″(7h 40′) bin 1×1
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm: 12×600″(2h) bin 1×1
IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm: 34×600″(5h 40′) bin 2×2
Integration: 15h 20′
Avg. Moon age: 3.92 days
Avg. Moon phase: 22.47%



Thanks

Roberto

[Carole]

Nice Roberto.  I have never heard of VDb4 before.  A challenge from Petts Wood I would have said.

IC2162 I do know, and have imaged before, I believe it is in between Orion and Gemini.  I have not seen it done in LRGB before though. 

Well done.

Carole