IC5070 'The Pelican'

[centroid]

I don't normally image in mono or bin come to that, but as the weather satellite showed cloud moving in from the West later, I thought I'd grab what I could, while I could.

Attached the f/6.3 FR and H9C (binned at 2x2) to the ED80, and had a go at the Pelican. The ED80 was guided by the 12" LX.

Even with the FR in place, I still couldn't 'frame' the whole nebula, but managed to get most it.

So, here's the result of 12x300 sec subs.

Dave

[bazza]

Some lovely detail Dave. You can really see in your image why it's called 'The Pelican'

Bet you can't wait for that Megrez to arrive!

Barry.

[Psychobilly]

Nice Mono image of one of my fav bits of sky mainly because of the nice fit of NGC7000 and IC5070 into the FOV of my 66/WO FF III DSLR combo.

Billy...

[CELESCOPE]

Pretty good Dave , seemed to have got a fair amount of detail in that one , slight star bloat , not sure how that come about,any ideas ??. and the field of view is nice , the ed 80 with the reducer gets most of it in Dave .

Rog

[jcm]

Nice framing and FOV using the SXVF-H9C.

John

[centroid]

slight star bloat , not sure how that come about,any ideas ??. and the field of view is nice , the ed 80 with the reducer gets most of it in Dave .

Rog

The star bloat is probably my doing Rog, as the processing was very much a rushed job, due to being 'nagged' to hurry up, as ''someone' was waiting to go into town.

It almost certainly occurred when I separated a 'star layer', and messed up the processing sequence, before re-combining it with the original image. I'll tell her that you complained, and that is was her fault.

Yep, the ED80 + FR does give a reasonable FOV, but the Megrez 88 will have a usefully bigger FOV. Looking forward to trying that, and 'posting' my findings. Hopefully, my concerns re it's CA, will be unfounded, and the scope won't be going back to Steve.

Dave

[CELESCOPE]

Blimey thought you were skint , ehehheheheheheh ,look foward to the results then

Rog

[centroid]

There you go Rog, reprocessed, this time with a little more care, and with smaller stars, just for you

Dave

[steppenwolf]

Funnily enough, I prefer the original image, Dave - some great detail in there.

[centroid]

Its a case of 'beauty in the eye of the beholder' Steve, and I guess with this imaging lark, we all see things differently.

As the saying goes "variety is the spice of life"

Dave

[Whippy]

Like that lots Dave, another one on my 'to do' list.

Tony..

[moondog]

That's a good looking Pelican Dave - I'm with Steve, I prefer the first 'rushed' image.

8)

MD

[RobH]

Nice one Dave

When does the 88 arrive?

Cheers

Rob

[centroid]

When does the 88 arrive?

Soon after Steve gets his delivery from WO.

Just have to hope for some clear skies, so that I can appraise it.

Dave

[RobH]

Fingers crossed for clear weather Dave!!!

Cheers

Rob