Pacman and California

[wxsatuser]

Caught a clear spell Thursday night, full Moon of course but gave it a go anyway.

Both images 16x600secs Atik 383L+ Samyang 135mm @ f2 Astrodon 5nm Ha filter.

Thanks for looking.

Pacman and Gamma Cassiopeiae

California Nebula

 

[Ishan Mair]

Never seen pacman and the ghost in the same frame before. Also fuzzy nebulosity all around. Great images !

[PeterCPC]

Love the California - nice widefield.

Peter

[Dave In Vermont]

These great images put those two into a whole new light <koff!> for me! Now I know what they look like in a simpler context. Without millions of hours of stacking & processing them.

Thank you for posting these - they're beautiful shots!

Dave

[Tim]

Nice Mike, surprising how much faint surrounding nebulosity is available even during a moony night, speaks volumes for working at f2!

[wxsatuser]

There was a pretty hefty Moon gradient over the California, took a fair bit of fiddling
in DBE to remove most of it, then I settled for a masked stretch and did'nt push it to hard.

The Pacman was slightly easier, a year a go I would'nt have bothered to go outside with the dslr.

[StargeezerTim]

Two fabulous widefields. Great to see pacman and gamma cas on the same bill.

[PatrickGilliland]

Nice work Mike like the Pacman in widerfield a lot.

[gorann]

Great wide-fields! The little Samyang is making a statement again. I never realized the close proximity between the Ghost in Cassiopeia and Packman although I have imaged both with longer focal lengths - that is the downside of being spoiled by a Go-To mount.

[wxsatuser]

I always wanted to do the Pacman but it's a bit small for the Sammy, so I thought about slipping in Gamma Cas.
May be needs slightly better framing but pleased it captured quite well with a full Moon.

[gorann]

 

2 hours ago, wxsatuser said:

I always wanted to do the Pacman but it's a bit small for the Sammy, so I thought about slipping in Gamma Cas.
May be needs slightly better framing but pleased it captured quite well with a full Moon.

Sammy... Thanks, now we got a cute name for our little darling!

[ollypenrice]

Pacman to Gamma Cass is a great target. If you go back to it on a moonless night you'll find lots more Ha signal including the 'Breaking Wave.' In fact signs of the wave are already appearing.

Nice California, too. So often the California is cropped and it is a way more attractive target when given room to breathe like this.

Olly