November 12, 2007

M78 and NGC2024 Flame Nebula

Bl__dy freezing, but clear all night. So clear in fact that I left the kit outside imaging for 4 hours while I went to get some sleep, so i`m not as sleep deprived as usual today.

First up,

    M78

OTA: Celestron NexStar 8 GPS @ f/7.(something)
Camera: QHY8 OSC Guiding: William Optics ZenithStar 66 SD + DSI-C + PHD
Imaging: MaximDL/CCD, 16 x 900s, CLS Filter
Processing: DeepSkyStacker, ImagesPlus, Photoshop CS2 + Noel Carboni’s Astro Tools

Followed by

    NGC2024, the flame nebula

OTA: Celestron NexStar 8 GPS @ f/7.(something)
Camera: QHY8 OSC
Guiding: William Optics ZenithStar 66 SD + DSI-C + PHD
Imaging: MaximDL/CCD, 7 x 600s (the sky started turning blue), CLS Filter
Processing: DeepSkyStacker, ImagesPlus, Photoshop CS2 + Noel Carboni’s Astro Tools

    Note: The image is somewhat ruined by the reflection doughnut at the lower right, and a fainter one top left

I also have an IC1396A that i`m not overly happy with (so I wont post it), and a red blob against a blue sky thats suppsoed to be Mars… I think I`ll stick to Deep Sky stuff for now 🙂

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