IC417 - The Spider - in mono

[swag72]

IC417 /  Sh2-234 or the Spider nebula, seems to be rarely imaged on it/s own. It's usually part of a wider field mosaic with the Flaming Star and Tadpoles. When I saw this in my wide field mosaic and got the C9.25 I just knew that this needed to be a target. There's quite a bit of interesting stuff going on here, not sure why it gets over looked so often.

I am currently working on a bi colour version of this, in that I am starting to collect the data! I welcome all comments on this.

Details

M: Avalon LInear Fast Reverse

T: Celestron C9.25 0.63x

C: Atik 460EXM with 3nm Ha filter

32x1800s 2xbin - Total integration time 16 hours.

There's a larger version available here http://swagastro.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/3/7/23377322/ic417_mono.jpg if you are interested

[nmoushon]

Thats a lovely image with some great details! Is the brighter central area a bit over cooked or is it naturally that bright?

[andyo]

That's very nice

[Epicycle]

That's great! I recently imaged this and the fly with my small refractor and seeing this level of detail is wonderful. Looking forward to the bicolour image,

E.

[sologuitarist61]

My word! What a cracking image!

[carastro]

Wow, not even heard of this one before, you do find a lot of rare objects Sara.

Great image and detail, looking forward to the bicolour.

Carole 

[gingergeek]

Very nice as usual Sara

[crimpshrine]

Very nice.. Look forward to seeing it in bicolor although it looks excellent as is.

[Mr Spock]

Nice detail and a very unusual object.

[Barry-Wilson]

Sara - looking forward very much to see this image and the mosaic progressing.  Great detail.  There is such a lot going on in this area.

Barry

[Zakalwe]

Another stunner Sara!

[steppenwolf]

Wonderful image, Sara - who needs colour?

[swag72]

Thanks all for your comments. I'm not sure if the centre is over cooked and too bright (there's certainly no clipped highlights!) as there's very little on the net for comparison purposes, certainly in mono.

I am slowly capturing the SII for the bi colour image and there will most certainly not be a mosaic

[sloz1664]

Hi Sara

Super image, you are surely getting the best out of the 3nm Ha filter.

Steve

[Martin-Devon]

Another super image Sara, your set-up is working really well on these type of targets. Well done again on picking the less trodden targets.

Martin

[Steve 1962]

Just great Sara - be careful though - could this lead to a mammoth spider and fly mosaic in full NB?

[SnakeyJ]

Wonderful image Sarah, another first introduction to this object for me!   16hrs of 30 minute exposures is getting very keen, possibly bordering on obsessive - you'd certainly need to martyr yourself to collect this under UK skies (at any time)

[x6gas]

You usual stunning work Sara, well done.

Does look absolutely fantastic in mono...

[Skyline]

So much detail.

[swag72]

Thanks very much all for looking.

@Martin - I chanced upon this one during my Widefield mosaic of the area and decided that with the C9.25 I'd like to come back to that target in particular.

@Steve - There's no mosaics on this one, I can assure you!!! I'm not even remotely tempted!!!

[morimarty]

Some stunning detail in this image Sara, As Ian says the mono looks fantastic. Oh yes 30min subs on a standard sct ( Excellent!)

[tollytastic1]

Hi Sarah, what a lovely image, I am very happy that the C9.25 is performing so well and offering up a whole new range of targets.

I was very interested to read in other posts that you haven't found imaging with the big Celestron too much of a nightmare , this has now given me some hope that in the future when I have sufficient experience (and more funds) that I can turn my C11 towards some type of AP.

Paul

[swag72]

Thanks Martyn and Paul.

@Paul - I have been surprised at how relatively pain free the move to the SCT was, even though it involved an OAG, which I'd never previously used. I am really enjoying this scope and I'm sure that a C11 would be equally as good and pain free!!

[x6gas]

Hi Sarah, what a lovely image, I am very happy that the C9.25 is performing so well and offering up a whole new range of targets.

I was very interested to read in other posts that you haven't found imaging with the big Celestron too much of a nightmare , this has now given me some hope that in the future when I have sufficient experience (and more funds) that I can turn my C11 towards some type of AP.

Paul

In fairness, aside from her obvious skill, Sara has a very nice mount to sit that C9.25 on.  The C11 is longer focal length again, and heavier... but it can be done!

[symesie04]

Lovely image as always Sara but i do have to say if thats a spider then its a well stamped on spider.