don4l Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 This is a 20 panel mosaic of Cepeus. Most panels have 50 minutes of data captured through a 3nm Chroma Ha filter on a FSQ106 at 387mm. The image covers an area of 18 x 11 degrees. I wanted to collect more data, but the weather has conspired against us.There are many familiar objects shown. The Bubble is at far left and the Flying Bat at the far right. In between the Cave, Brain, Lobster, Wizard and Elephant's Trunk.The image was captured with CCDCiel, Stacked and Calibrated in CDStack and combined/processed in Affinity. This shows where the various Sharpless and NGC items are found:- 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgrover68 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 That's super cool - That area fascinates me as it is an area of the sky I am not super familiar with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob-c Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 A good widefield that.Bob-c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Flippin Heck Don, that is really widefield - AND YOUR GOT THE SQUID tucked in there too.Fantastic work.Can I ask where the name Macbeth's Nebula comes from?Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don4l Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 @carastroThanks Carole. I'm pleased that somebody noticed the Squid.The title comes from my mis-remembering some lines from Shakespeare's Macbeth, and the various objects that are visible."Bubble, Bubble, Toil and trouble" from the three witches. Upon checking, they actually said "Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn, and caldron bubble." Later they mentioned the "Wool of bat". And of course, they lived in a cave.There are many uses of the word "equivocation" in the play, which are thought to be a cheeky reference by Shakespeare to Henry Garnet, who had been executed over the Guy Fawkes affair - accused of "equivocataion".My plan to name the whole image "Macbeth" fell apart a bit when I realised that NGC7380 is actually known as the Wizard Nebula, and not the Witch's Nebula.I had intended to type up an explanation earlier, but I wasn't able to make it look sensible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Aha, I get it now, very apt. I thought it was Hubble Bubble toil and trouble lol.Played Lady Macbeth once some years ago (opera version), so the story is reasonably familiar to me, at least the bits that I took part in.Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 That is seriously wide.Don't mention the Scottish Play, we're all doomed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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