Cocoon Nebula with ASI224

[cuivenion]

Managed to get out Tuesday night/Wednesday morning for the first time in about two months! This image was taken with a ZWO ASI224 camera and 130PDS scope on a HEQ5 mount. I was guiding for this one, using a finderguider and a Altair GPCAM v1. It was captured with Sharpcap, stacked with Deepskystacker and processed with Pixinsight. I wanted to try out longer subs so I went for two minutes this time:

58 x 2 minute Lights

35 x Darks

100 x Bias

100 x Flats

100 x Dark Flats

I've still not quite got there with guiding, but it was nice to be out again. Any criticisms or advice always welcome.

 

[Dragon_Astro]

Very nice  don't normally see the Cocoon so close up, makes a nice change.

[cuivenion]

Thanks Dragon, I really like using the 224 for DSO, I may try a cooling mod on it at some point.

[Dragon_Astro]

Still got my 224, but use it for guiding....seems a bit of a waste sometimes lol.

would be interesting to see it cooled.

[cuivenion]

3 minutes ago, Dragon_Astro said:

Still got my 224, but use it for guiding....seems a bit of a waste sometimes lol.

would be interesting to see it cooled.

I'll have a go at it during one of the many cloudy periods.

[Dragon_Astro]

Good idea......a cold finger for it?

[cuivenion]

5 minutes ago, Dragon_Astro said:

Good idea......a cold finger for it?

There's some good designs for cooling the whole camera, but there is a space behind the sensor for a cold finger. The only problem is the sensor board is very close to another circuit board behind it. I'll have to be careful with cold finger placement. It would also mean drilling a hole in the casing.