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The Veil in Cygnus


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20210816_205445.thumb.jpg.c28f9176a3cdff6e9d52b6957ad09566.jpgMy first DSO session since March! Oh man it felt so good!! Had some gremlins as usual on the first night out in ages. Sadly, this meant that I only managed an hour of data. I then had to wait for 4 days before I could get back out. I manged another 1 hour 40 minutes but this time using the quad band filter. The detail on a single sub with the quad is amazing! I have some spacing issues to tweak as my stars are a little elongated in the corners. Not overly worried at the moment though. The detail is phenomenal so far and I'm loving it with the starfield being as dense as it is, showing it intertwined. I can't wait to carry this project on. Hope you like it so far 🙂

 

20 x 180s  RGB no filter

25 x 240s quad band

 

Skywatcher 72ED, HEQ5 Pro, Altair  Lightwave 0.8 reducer/flattener, Altair quad band filter, Altair 269c pro TEC - Sharpcap

Altair Starwave 50mm, Altair GPCAM2290c - PHD2

 

Stacked in Astro Pixel Processor and processed in Photoshop

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32 minutes ago, ApophisAstros said:

Like it , nicely framed perhaps a few less stars to emphasise the nebula more but a great job,

Roger

Thank you. Yeah, I'm gonna see what it looks like with the stars reduced but I must admit, I prefer seeing this for what it is, amongst all those stars.

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I always find it amazing looking at what you AP folk manage to image. 

I like the Nebula, but I also like the way that you have captured so many stars. Like grains of sand on a beach. It makes you realise just how vast space is and yet how much stuff is out there.

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2 hours ago, Marmot said:

I always find it amazing looking at what you AP folk manage to image. 

I like the Nebula, but I also like the way that you have captured so many stars. Like grains of sand on a beach. It makes you realise just how vast space is and yet how much stuff is out there.

Thank you. This is what I also love about this area. I'm not too fussed to reduce the stars if I'm honest because this is what it is. Some prefer more neb but I think this works just as well 

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On 8/21/2021 at 9:44 PM, Vicki said:

Skywatcher 72ED, HEQ5 Pro, Altair  Lightwave 0.8 reducer/flattener, Altair quad band filter, Altair 269c pro

Vicki,

this is a great combination FOV and resolution, just ran the combo through FOV calculator and put in a few favourite targets - Wow !! A target with more Sii will be very interesting to image with the Quad band filter/OSC.

I like wider fields in general, so this image of Veil complex shows all the components in context - so here's hoping this spell of good weather delivers more clear skies and you can progress this project, are you tempted to mosaic this and add a panel at the bottom of your framing to bring the Cygnus 'tail' into the image 😁

Bryan

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On 8/23/2021 at 3:25 PM, Astrobdlbug said:

Vicki,

this is a great combination FOV and resolution, just ran the combo through FOV calculator and put in a few favourite targets - Wow !! A target with more Sii will be very interesting to image with the Quad band filter/OSC.

I like wider fields in general, so this image of Veil complex shows all the components in context - so here's hoping this spell of good weather delivers more clear skies and you can progress this project, are you tempted to mosaic this and add a panel at the bottom of your framing to bring the Cygnus 'tail' into the image 😁

Bryan

Hi there. Yes, shooting at 336mm has it's pros! I love the FOV for bigger targets. I'm not sure whether I will because that means taking my time off something else, but it's definitely food for thought!

 

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