{"id":74,"date":"2008-04-24T13:56:01","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T13:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steves-astro.com\/?p=74"},"modified":"2008-04-24T14:53:59","modified_gmt":"2008-04-24T14:53:59","slug":"finally-a-clear-night-all-night-m44-m13-ic1396-m16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steves-astro.com\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"Finally, a clear night, all night! :) (M44, M13, IC1396, M16)"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, so it was almost a full moon, but it was low on the horizon and gave me a chance to image something.<\/p>\n

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First up was M44, which from Kelling was big a bright fuzzy patch in the sky, just asking to be looked at… unlike my back garden, where I couldnt see it at all<\/p>\n

OTA: NS8GPS @ f\/2 (Hyperstar v3)
\nGuiding: William Optics ZenithStar 66 SD + DSI-C + PHD
\nRGB Imaging: QHY8 + MaximDL, 90\u00c3\u201440s, CLS (yes, thats a lot… I was waiting for M13 to rise over the house!)
\nStacked: DeepSkyStacker
\nPost Process: ImagesPlus + PSCS2 + Noel Carboni\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s AstroTools<\/p>\n

(Click on image for larger version)
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Next up was a very short M13. How short? This was only 4 x 300s before I spotted something else….<\/p>\n

OTA: NS8GPS @ f\/6.7
\nGuiding: William Optics ZenithStar 66 SD + DSI-C + PHD
\nRGB Imaging: QHY8 + MaximDL, 4\u00c3\u2014300s, CLS
\nStacked: DeepSkyStacker
\nPost Process: ImagesPlus + PSCS2 + Noel Carboni\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s AstroTools<\/p>\n

(Click on image for larger version)
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M13 is actually the very first Deep Sky Object I ever imaged back in May 2007. So, here is that version in all its glory, a comparison of then an now:<\/p>\n

(This is actually MartinB’s reprocess of my image)
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Just after I had taken the Hyperstar off the front and reassembled the kit with the camera in the back… I was looking around the sky and… err… what on earth? No, surely that cant be right…. that looks like Cygnus, oh.. so that means,… ah yes, there is Cepheus.<\/p>\n

Rush back to the kit, swap over to the Hyperstar again, and away I went, but having to use the Ha filter now as the moon was above the horizon and causing the haze to “glow”.<\/p>\n

IC1396 Elephant Trunk Neb<\/p>\n

OTA: NS8GPS @ f\/2 (Hyperstar v3)
\nGuiding: William Optics ZenithStar 66 SD + DSI-C + PHD
\nHa Imaging: QHY8 + MaximDL, 20 x 300s, Ha
\nStacked: DeepSkyStacker
\nPost Process: ImagesPlus + PSCS2 + Noel Carboni\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s AstroTools<\/p>\n

(Click on image for larger version)
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I left this one imaging until the sky was noticably lightening, then had one last quick look at what was appearing in the western sky (or at least the bits I could see past the house). Where on earth did the spring skies go?<\/strong> Seems to have gone from winter direct to summer… but it was there, in the sky, just over the neighbors roofline…<\/p>\n

M16 (widefield)
\nOTA: NS8GPS @ f\/2 (Hyperstar v3)
\nGuiding: William Optics ZenithStar 66 SD + DSI-C + PHD
\nHa Imaging: QHY8 + MaximDL, 5 x 300s, Ha
\nStacked: DeepSkyStacker
\nPost Process: ImagesPlus + PSCS2 + Noel Carboni\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s AstroTools<\/p>\n

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I have big plans for this one in a widefield project…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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