IC410 A wider view

[Komet]

Well this will probably be my last image before I go into hospital next week - having my right knee replaced. (Not looking forward to it at all as I can still remember how painful the left one was when that was done and still is today ). Anything for the forseeable future will be with the help of my partner Joy as I won't be able to get in and out of the POD. To this end I swapped over to my wee WO66SD as it is far more forgiving with pointing and guiding and as I am going to be controlling it remotely I wanted something basic, reliable and not likely to throw a wobbler (plus its smaller so less likely to be thumped by someone in the POD who isn't me - don't tell Joy I said that!)

Anyway I thought as a shakedown I would stay on IC410 as I had done this through the Mak-Newt at a larger scale.

IC 410

T: William Optics ZS66SD + 0.8x reducer

C: QHY IMG2Pro

F: Astronomik Ha, OIII & SII

G: SX Lodestar + SX OAG

M: NEQ6Pro via EQMod

Capture and Guiding: AstroArt5

Processing: Pixinsight, CS2

Spikes courtesy of Mr Carboni (to hide some 'orrible blue fringing)

Ha: 25 x 600 secs

OIII: 19 x 600 secs

SII: 29 x 600 secs

Stacked HA(L)SII/Ha/OIII

[Darth Takahashi]

Very nicely done, lots of detail in there. I hope the op goes well and the remote control - wife assisted observatory ;-)

[AndyUK]

Superb image Mick - The 66 with reducer has delivered a lovely FOV for this nebula and the processing looks spot-on... and I love the way you've maintained the star colours (how did you do that? )

[Tim]

Very good Mick. Nice to see it in its entirety.

Hope your op goes well, i'm sure you'll be back in the saddle before long

Tim

[SkyJamie]

Thats brilliant Mick i really like the rusty colours, and hope your op goes well

All the best

Jamie