I fished a Squid (OU4: 098.5 +07.9)

[paulobao]

Hello,

This one I needed to get it!

Discovered by amateur astronomer Nicolas Outters in May 2011 it is the most difficult object I ever photographed!

I let you here the catch and I hope to continue to collect some more photos this week :-)

You may google for OU4 in Sh129 to find more about it!

Tak FS102NSV @ f/6.3 + QSI 532WS-M1 @ -10ºC (due to the very high temperature here in portugal...30ºC at midnight).

210 min in OIII and no darks or flats for now!

Regards,

paulo

[nmoushon]

I've actually never heard of this! This is amazing. I bet the heat didn't help with the noise. Hopefully some darks and flats will help bring out the detail more. Great capture.

[Tom OD]

Very cool, I hadn't heard of this object either. I'd love to give it a go.

Tom.

[AndyUK]

And it so totally looks like a squid... I'd never heard of this either - You've done really well to capture something SO faint...

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Weird looking object. That must be so faint. Great capture

Hmm, I suddenly feel like deep-fried squid and garlic sauce. Bring on those calamares!

[themos]

[rfdesigner]

very good capture indeed, eleven out of ten I think.

Nicolas' web page is fascinating... talk about a hidden object!

http://www.outters.fr/pn.html

Derek

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

very good capture indeed, eleven out of ten I think.

Nicolas' web page is fascinating... talk about a hidden object!

http://www.outters.fr/pn.html

Derek

That is a very nice website, full of amazing images

[paulobao]

Thanks for looking and for the comments :-)

Thanks Derek for putting here the link.

I will try to fry a little more this squid :-) (inside my observatory the temperature now is 41.7 ºC and the outside one is.... the hell in earth)

Regards,

paulo

[lukebl]

That's a great capture, and it's good to know that there is still scope for amateurs like Outters to discover objects like this. Even if, for an amateur, his equipment is waaaaaaay out of my league!

[nightfisher]

Excellent catch well done sir

[Gina]

Brilliant

[starnut]

WoW nice, never heard of it

very high temperature here in portugal...30ºC

Can you send us some please

[Shibby]

Very impressive capture! And good scale... 640mm FL, is it?

[farunj]

Wow!! That's stunning!!

[BigBlueOne]

Great image Paulo well caught.

[ultranova]

wow, goes to show amatures are helpful, very nice capture, like so many people have already said did not know the squid was out there great stuff.

[paulobao]

Thanks again!

Really I would prefer a cold weather now!

And I went outside and discovered 2 new nebulas....one huge fire at north and a big one at south :-(. The sky went from blue and cloudless to grey! Let see what happens at night (but I think I will do some darks and flats!!)

Cheers,

paulo

[SJJ]

Great image. Very squiddy! Well done.

[JamesF]

A giant squid, no less. Well done. Excellent image/

James

[Quatermass]

Have never seen this one before really cool and it totally looks like a monster squid as well amazing.