Craig123

2 hours ago, Roy Foreman said:

Superb image. I've only had one clear night in 6 months so images like yours with 20 hours integration are totally out of my reach, so I will just have to be content with looking at yours !

Thanks but I know what you mean .Its quite dire so far this winter .  I have alot of unfinished images and data from previously . Eventually something gets finished . This is last years data just put together now !

2 minutes ago, Ouroboros said:

If that’s the first one I can’t wait to see the second.  😀  Joking aside it’s a truly fantastic image, @Craig123.  Almost unreal and I mean that as a compliment.  Like it’s been painted.  It’s images like this that make me ask myself why the hell I am still bothering with astrophotography. 

Thanks . Much appreciated. I often feel the same but then will make some progress forward that keeps me going .
  

Hi all 

Here also is IC 1795 I processed last night and uploaded here as an edit on my previous post which I cant delete 🤣. 
 

Thanks for looking 

Hi all 

My first attempt at the Christmas tree cluster  . Around 20 hours of 600 second subs using SHO Antlia 3nm. Esprit 100 and Zwo 1600 mono from Durham bortle 5.

Hiya all , here is Westerhout 5 Soul Nebula 
Taken on a 550mm SW Esprit Refractor in Sulpher Hydrogen and Oxygen . With RGB stars from back garden ,Durham over a few nights 

Around 20 hours of 600 second subs with 30 seconds for stars 

3nm filters 

Zwo 1600 monochrome camera 

-20 with flats , darks

Thanks. I didn't realise either. A Happy accident ! 

Nova Cassiopeia and The Bubble Nebula

A rich area of the night sky imaged over early April with its many stellar objects and I was  lucky  to catch the new  Nova Cas  over several  clear nights.
The bright 'star' at centre top of the image above the bubble  is the new Nova . It suddenly appeared on March 18 this year and was catalogued as V1405. There was no sign of anything bright there previously but the light soon  increased to magnitude 8 and was spotted by keen eyed observers . It was originally  a binary star system with a dwarf star that begun to syphon off Hydrogen from the main star and then heated.
The bubble Nebula is thought to be up to 11,000 light years away  and was formed around 300, 000 years ago when hot Wolf Rayet star ( with a radius 15 x that of our Sun ) ejected a shell rich in Oxygen giving the  blue colour, which formed the bubble around it. The star has since moved through space from the centre to the edge of the Bubble. It will eventually explode as a supernova. It is surrounded by great clouds of Hydrogen and Sulpher seen as reds and pinks. Also seen the Scarab like NGC 7538 and  M52 star cluster. The lobster claw pincers are sneaking in on the left  towards Herbig Haro just  under the Bubble. 
22 hours 600 s  processed as SHO @ - 20
Skywatcher Esprit 100
Heq5 Dark frame stellar drive 5
ZWO Asi 1600 mono  SHO
Bortle 5
Derwent Valley.

26 minutes ago, Tommohawk said:

That's lovely and not a target I knew of - so much stuff out there! Pretty low in the sky this time of year though isnt it?

Its up  between 30 and 40 degrees getting better as it gets later Tom. 

The Cave Nebula.

Catalogued in 1959 as Sh2 155 this is a relatively faint star forming region in Cepheus near the brighter  Elephants trunk nebula. Given the name by Patrick Moore who thought the emission lines  resembled the mouth of a cave.( I see an astral juggler aswell  😁  ) It lies to the North  2400 lights years away and this image consists of 21 hours of light at 550mm captured this month. Gases are Sulpher~ very bright round central tower, Hydrogen as well as  Oxygen which gives the blue gas clouds above.
Esprit 100 Telescope
HEQ5 Stellar drive 5
Zwo1600 mono
SHO Hubble palette in Pixinsight

8 hours ago, CraigT82 said:

Very nice! Such an interesting open cluster to the lower right too.

Many thanks and Yes.. When I loaded up the subs that cluster  caught my attention before anything else. 

On 15/03/2021 at 21:39, Sunshine said:

Great shot! this is one nebula named accordingly, it's a lobster claw alright!

Thanks. Boiled and ready for consumption 😁

The Lobster Claw 

 Swimming  in to my telescopes view during clear spells in the first few weeks of 2021. Some cold nights with  large accumulations of snow on the hillside added shoveling to the  set up routine, the temperature getting down to a respectable  minus 14. 
Aswell as the main object catalogued as Sharpless 157, a pretty open star cluster can be seen in at the lower right claw  ( NGC 1750) with Lyn's bright nebula seen up at centre left. This huge space crustacean  in Cassiopeia is 11050 light years away and was captured over 4 nights. 19 hours in Sulpher, Hydrogen and Oxygen emmisions.

Esprit 100

ZWO asi1600 mono 

HEQ5 stellar drive 5 

PixInsight 

Thanks for looking 

 

Great pictures and detail. Looks like a good choice  of filter after all. 😊

9 hours ago, maw lod qan said:

Very nice! Thanks for the image.

Thankyou and you are  welcome. It was a pleasure to get such a positive response for a first image with my  new set up. 

9 hours ago, Allinthehead said:

Lovely colours and detail. I just tested a 3nm ha filter and no sign of any halo even on Alnitak

Many thanks and that's great to hear with regards filters as I got a full set of NB . I headed over to a thread on cloudy nights about Antilia and saw some very nice detail with ha 3nm and no halos.. Yay. 

Wow. Great image.I didn't know even know about this one. 

2 hours ago, Neil27 said:

Wow, stunning. Looks like it’s in 3D 👍

Thanks Neil.Much appreciated mate 

2 hours ago, Adreneline said:

Really like the sense of depth you've achieved and love the colours - excellent job!

Adrian

Thanks Adrian. I am pleased with it for my first image with the Esprit although I've just read a thread above about 3nm filters and halos which are the same ones I have waiting to install in my Fw so holding my breath on that one. 

Great image. I have just got a set of Antilia 3nm for my Esprit 100 so will look carefully for  halos when I get the chance to try them out. 

45 minutes ago, teoria_del_big_bang said:

Wow, absolutely brilliant.

I have never managed to pull much in the way of colour out of this one and that is as good as I have seen for colour without being over-stretched.

Really well done with that one 🙂 

Steve

Thanks Steve. I remember going through the forums here last year  to see if an Esprit 100 would work on my mount and seeing your posts on this subject. When I rang the supplier to back order  a new scope they had one in stock so I just went for it. Luckily I've got it working. 😁

9 hours ago, PXR-5 said:

Simply Stunning 😍

Many thanks. I'm glad  I finally got my first image with the new set up. Abit of a roller-coaster 

10 hours ago, peter shah said:

Stunning....love the framing too

Thanks Peter. This was my first target with the Esprit and it just fit on the FOV.. I took a bit of care on framing each night as I'm not plate solving yet and didn't want to chew too much at the edges 😁

55 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

This is a breathtaking image! the colours are just beautiful.

Thanks Sunshine 😊 

49 minutes ago, glafnazur said:

That's a stunning image, lots of detail and beautiful colours 👍

Thanks. Much appreciated 🙏

Heart Nebula in SHO over December and January. Derwent Valley Durham 

ESPRIT 100 Zwo Asi1600mono Heq5 stellar drive 

21 hours 600 s  processed in PixInsight