M52, the Bubble and the Claw

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This is last night's 2.8 hrs data with RASA8/QHY268c FOV centred on the Bubble Nebula, chosen as it was opposite in the sky to the 83% illuminated moon, albeit our satellite was low in the sky. Taken with the NBZ filter and processed following the @Luke Newbould tutorial to produce a pseudo HST palette. It doesn't do the Bubble justice, you have to squint to see it, but I didn't realise the FOV  would capture the Lobster's Claw, so that was a bonus.

Don't look at the stars too closely, especially in the bottom RH corner, the rig was dis-assembled today to put the SY135 alongside, so I wasn't going to spend an hour adjusting the tilt, and TBH imaging these kind of targets in the summer is just to keep the rig ticking over.

Thanks for looking.

[MalcolmM]

That's a really nice image!

Malcolm

[Marvin Jenkins]

Wow there is so much going on in there. No need for excuses as far as I am concerned.

Edited June 11, 2022 by Marvin Jenkins
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[tomato]

Thanks for the comments, I certainly didn’t realise so much would be in the FOV, I use Stellarium to plan the images but I don’t think my version displayed the Lobster’s Claw.

[Luke Newbould]

Cracking shot there mate! Unreal what you've captured with just 2.8 hours! 🙂

 

I really know what you mean about these summer sessions, it feels like I'm just getting settled down and then it's time to stop, haha!

 

Reckon I'll have a go at this myself over the summer, lovely region.

 

Thanks for the shout-out by the way! 

Edited June 11, 2022 by Luke Newbould
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Thanks Luke, I can almost do the process from memory now rather than follow the video! I’m using NoiseXterminator now rather than EZ, so am applying it at the non linear stage. I find with these short integration times the green channel can be quite noisy after bringing it up to match the red, so NoiseXT does a good job at this point prior to channel combination.

[Luke Newbould]

That's really interesting mate! It seems we're doing a similar thing now since noiseXterminator came out, finding it works well and saves time on the process for sure 👍

I'm still tending to finish images off with a little dab of Topaz though, while it's still starless, rather than another noiseXterminator pass. More experimentation needed though, haha!