Sh2-129 bi-colour

[ChrisLX200]

Well I'm throwing in the towel on this one! Certainly until dark nights return anyway.  This is the previous Ha channel (10 x 1800s) plus tonight's OIII data (10 x 1800s in total now). 5 hrs integration and there was hardly any OIII signal there plus an enormous gradient which took drastic measures to counter. The gradient was due to imaging while the object was in the East, so to have any chance of my capturing a decent signal it will have to be on the meridian - and on the darkest of nights (or what passes for a dark night around here). So it's one very elusive Squid

ChrisH

[Demonperformer]

Excellent result. What scope/camera combination did you use for this?

[ChrisLX200]

Thanks, and oh yes, I forgot to add that bit (it's been a long night and I'm just off to bed...). TV NP127is, Moravian G4-1600, Chroma 3nM filters, 10-Micron GM2000HPS, all 30min subs unguided

ChrisH

[ultranova]

very nice indeed, quite the result for this time of year

most impressive Chris, well done

Paul

[symesie04]

squid looks pretty prominent to me nice result. 

[ChrisLX200]

Thanks Paul and symesie04    It isn't going to get any better for a couple of months but I will re-visit later in the year.

ChrisH

[swag72]

There's nothing elusive about that squid Chris - It jumps off the page at you!! I rather like this rendition and the colours are very nice too  

[Tzitzis]

Really nice image. Never seen this nebula before. Great job!

[ChrisLX200]

Thanks Sara and Tzitzis

The marked gradient I had to remove damaged the detail as I had to use drastic measures to remove it, so the squid is no longer as sharp as it should be. Without the gradient it would have been better...   This object really needs darker skies than I have around here.

ChrisH

[Barry-Wilson]

39 minutes ago, swag72 said:

There's nothing elusive about that squid Chris - It jumps off the page at you!! I rather like this rendition and the colours are very nice too  

Yes, couldn't agree more - super image Chris.  Congratulations a fine image of a very difficult target.  I hope I can replicate your success in the future. 

Now if you could just let me into your secret ability to clear away the clouds . . .

[matt-c]

That's amazing!!! The squid is phenomenal.

[gingergeek]

I like that a lot Chris, nice framing and subtle colours

[ChrisLX200]

Thanks folks   

Barry, there's something about Sunday nights being clear around here, I don't know what it is but you can guarantee if there's only one night in the week with clear skies it's going to be a Sunday night (and especially when it's Full Moon!).

ChrisH

[toxic]

thats a beaut image Chris 

 

[Galactic Wanderer]

Super work!  What a gr8 image

[ChrisLX200]

Many thanks Chris and Sebastien

ChrisH

[laudropb]

Very nice image. You are being to hard on yourself. It's a really good piece of work and well worth all your effort.

[Gina]

I thought it was an OIII arrow at first   That's one I've never tried and another for my list   When the weather allows anything at all, of course!

[ChrisLX200]

Thanks Gina! And it's supposed to be clear tomorrow night around here, but weather forecasts are fickle things

ChrisH

[Gina]

Yesterday the forecast was for most of tomorrow night clear, now it's only clear up to midnight.  I expect tomorrow all clear night sky will be gone   This has happened time and time again recently.  It's been weeks since I've even been able to make use of my all sky camera!

[jetstream]

Excellent image Chris and I'm glad to see you are carrying the "unguided imaging" torch. This is an interest of mine.

[Ruud]

It's a wonderful image!

Thanks.

[Maximidius]

Thats an awesome image, Chris... I've seen this one before but never in this guise. The squid has a kinda luminescence - as they should, being creatures of the deep ..

[PatrickGilliland]

Nice work Chris - i do like a image that makes me envious , added to my list of to do's.  Great work on the squid element, liking that.

 

Paddy