IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula

[smashing]

Finally managed a night with no moon!!!! What a difference that makes!

Anyway 24 x 300 seconds lights, 60 bias, 30 flats and no darks (dithered after each shot) with a modified Canon 600D and Skywatcher Equinox 80 mounted on an HEQ5. Stacked in DSS and processed in PS.

Aim is to use this as a target for a while, would like to double the amount of lights and throw in some longer exposures as well.

 

[tooth_dr]

Nice image, lots of detail.  Like the HH image you took, there are awful big stars in this area too.  

Do you have a 0.85 FF fitted to the ED80?

2 minutes ago, smashing said:

throw in some longer exposures as well

More exposure time will help, but I dont think longer exposures will help out here.

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2 minutes ago, tooth_dr said:

Nice image, lots of detail.  Like the HH image you took, there are awful big stars in this area too.  

Do you have a 0.85 FF fitted to the ED80?

More exposure time will help, but I dont think longer exposures will help out here.

Thanks! 

No it's a non reducing OVL FF I have on the system. 

Would like to get double the amount of lights I currently have....if I can catch a break with the clouds!!!!!!

Edited January 10, 2021 by smashing

[tooth_dr]

Just now, smashing said:

No it's a non reducing OVL FF I have on the system. 

I wasnt sure.  The star shapes are pretty funky, especially the top left.  Is the spacing ok and everything rigidly attached?

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13 minutes ago, tooth_dr said:

I wasnt sure.  The star shapes are pretty funky, especially the top left.  Is the spacing ok and everything rigidly attached?

Top left is a little odd, spacing is fine and it was rigid but I'll check it again when I next go out...there is almost 0 crop on this so maybe some weird stacking artefact...I'll check the subs out and see if something looks out of place 

[Sunshine]

Great image, yes the moon is a pain isn't it, when it comes to imaging DSO's.

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3 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

Great image, yes the moon is a pain isn't it, when it comes to imaging DSO's.

I have been plagued for months by the moon being up and almost full with every imaging session I've managed since June...it was a revelation to not have massive gradients to deal with

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1 hour ago, tooth_dr said:

I wasnt sure.  The star shapes are pretty funky, especially the top left.  Is the spacing ok and everything rigidly attached?

You may have a point regarding it being rigid, just checked and there is a little play...bit of tightening up seems to have sorted it...I'll see what it's like next time I get some clear sky...sometime in 2022 going by current forecasts

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48 minutes ago, smashing said:

sometime in 2022 going by current forecast

That isnt bad going lol