the Veil (WIP) & crescent nebulas...& who needs an obsy (in this weather!)

[cloudbuster]

well my scope has been out in rain-free bristol for about 10 days so far, and with the weather looking good for the next week.....well i guess, like with the footy, i shouldnt count my chickens!

the first of todays offerings is the veil nebula, which i have never imaged before, and which in doing so, gave me a great deal of pleasure. only Ha so far, but with tonights and mondays forecast looking clear, i might have the full set before long! here are the stats:

NGC6992 veil Nebula

Ashton Vale, Bristol

Camera: Atik 314L

Scope: SW Equinox 80

televue 0.8 flattener/reducer

guide camera: off axis guider, qhy5 with PHD

Mount: SW HEQ5

Artimus capture

Deep sky stacker

Pixinsight

Adobe photoshop cc

Ha filter

19.6.14

11 exposures of 1200 seconds.

my second offering is of the crescent nebula....which as you may recognize, i have posted elsewhere on this forum.....but this time with added Ha subs, the longest of which was 25 mins, which captures the fainter nebulocity a lot. now after processing in my own inexperienced way, i have the following 2 conclusions:

either it is badly processed.....and in which case is a disaster...

or its not bad at all....

i suspect the former....please let me know your views peops.

cheers....and round stars to you all!

bob

[ChrisLX200]

Hey, that was supposed to be my target for last night but it went cloudy. You nicked my photons and I want them back.

Nice image though!

ChrisH

[Gina]

Pinched my photons last night too   Not so far away and we had cloud too   Anyway, great start on both objects   I like the wider view of the Crescent showing the accompanying Ha around it. 

[cloudbuster]

Pinched my photons last night too   Not so far away and we had cloud too   Anyway, great start on both objects   I like the wider view of the Crescent showing the accompanying Ha around it.

Thanks Gina. Hope to add to the veil tonight. But on reflection I wish I had a pop at the eagle...but for that I have to go a couple of miles to the astro society land for a better horizon. Glad to see your back in the saddle as well, Gina.

Round stars to you!

[cloudbuster]

good morning all......yaaaawn! yet another night spent imaging from sunny bristol.........this is getting silly now!

well heres last nights 0111 subs (10x20 min) added to the Ha i shot the night before last......just a rough process mind you.

round stars to you all....

bob