Bubble Nebula in Ha

[Interested]

Hi all,

Bought some narrowband filters this Saturday and got to try out the Ha on Sunday. This must be a record as normally, 2-3 weeks of cloud follows any astonomy related purchase I make!

Not a lot of processing at the moment, just streched in Liberator and saved as a jpeg using PS elements. To any newbies (lol, I only started this hobby in Feb and have only managed to set up a dozen times!), all I saw through the scope initially was 'a bit of fuzz around a star' even with a 10 second exposure. I moved the scope around the sky for about 1/2 hour because I thought I had missed the target! In future I may post 10 sec exposures with the main image to show what I initially see.

Anyway, 10 x 300 sec exposures, no darks, no flats. I will start to use darks and flats in the futue.......honest!

[jsigone]

nice first outing w/ the new filters!! You got a ton of nice details for under an hour. For framing I like to use a 1min pic to see where I'm at, I'll compare with some other images online for a map of the area then frame from there. But sometimes you just have to trust your goto.

[Interested]

Thank you for the comment jsigone. The image is not as good as the majority of images posted here, so wasn't too suprised at the lack of comments - that said, I was pleased with it as it was only the second outing for the camera and first time using a narrowband.

Your suggestion of looking on-line for a map of the proposed target area in advance is good, and one I think I will adopt!

[Keiran]

Thats a very nice bubble you have there great job