IC1318 Region in Ha

[rich_t]

Took this a few nights ago in Ha and hoping to add other channels to it when the clouds/rain move on:) Not sure I've got the levels/curves right at the moment though.

Taken with an Atik383 camera, Baader Ha filter (1.25") and Canon 200mm prime lens at f2.8. Exposure was 8*15min, processed in Astro Art 5.

Thanks for looking,

Rich.

[Nightfly]

Nicely detailed with lots of faint whispy nebs that look like raging storm clouds. The Crescent Nebula stands out sharply. Amazing imaging here. Very fine work.

[rich_t]

Thanks Jim, hopefully we won't have to wait too long here for some clear skies again...

Rich

[Beyond_Vision]

A great image Rich, really deep and detailed and the Crescent stands out so well.

Regards

Kevin

[Coco]

Thats a corker! The stars really do look 3D in front of the nebula..

How did you attach the 383 and Ha filter?

[steppenwolf]

That's wonderful - superb detail and surprisingly at F2.8 (fully open). What a great piece of sky this is.

[rich_t]

Thanks Kevin, Guy and Steve. I've not tried the lens stopped down as I wanted to avoid the diffraction spikes you get with that, I should try it though to see what difference it makes to the star sizes (I did quite a bit of star reduction to try and make the nebula show more with this, I'd rather have just a handfull of stars left!).

The camera is attached to the lens using an adapter from 'Mogg Adapters'. I use the Starlight (T)-EOS adapter, I couldn't achieve focus with the initially supplied ATIK-EOS adapter. There is the slight issue that the T-thread on the adapter is deeper than the T-thread on the 383, which is quite shallow... the interface I have seems good though to me.

I have recently received the 1.25" filter holder that fits inside the adapter but not tried it yet, still using a DIY effort that I made while I waited for the holder to arrive.

Thanks,

Rich.

[laser_jock99]

Nice to see images done with 'standard' camera lenses and CCD's - it's a great widefield result.

[rich_t]

Nice to see images done with 'standard' camera lenses and CCD's

It always amazes me that you can point a camera lens at the sky with a 6 degree diagonal FOV and have nearly the whole image full of gas. Before I started long exposure astrophotography I never realised just how big these objects can be.

Cheers,

Rich.

[AndyUK]

Wow... What a beautiful image! As Guy noted, it's almost 3 dimensional... Having recently filled the frame with the crescent nebula, this REALLY puts it into context!

[Psychobilly]

Very nice indeed... those 200mm f2.8L Primes are the biz...