Flaming Tadpoles - IC404, IC 405

[don4l]

This was taken back in November.

This is an H,O,O+B image with RGB stars.

Ha90m,  OIII120m, R 32, G 19, B 74. Total 5h 35m. The Blue was combined with the OIII for the blue channel to combine the reflection with the emission.

Equipment:  G3 16200,  FSQ106ED @F5,  EQ6

Software:  CCDCiel, CCDStack, Gimp,  Starnet+.

I had problems with blue halos which came from stretching the blue data.  I've done my best to hide these.

  I must say that Starnet makes it a real pleasure when making final tweaks.

 

 

Edited January 25, 2020 by don4l

[tooth_dr]

Very very nice.  What a lot of detail, and just over 5 and a half hours. 

[Brian Maurer]

That is an incredible image! I think that says it all.

[simmo39]

V nice indeed!

[don4l]

21 hours ago, tooth_dr said:

Very very nice.  What a lot of detail, and just over 5 and a half hours. 

Thank you Adam.   Over 5 hours is incredibly long for me.  The last few months I seem to have got everything working properly and I am getting much more useable data.  I didn't realise how much time that I was wasting, or more accurately, I didn't realise that there is some fantastic software out there.  Good focusing s/w and platesolving have absolutely transformed the hobby for me.