The Elephant and The Squid (IC1396 and SH2-129)

[powerlord]

I've been gathering data for this for what seems like months.. in the end, 10 hours Ha, 25 hours of Oiii and finally got to the point I could do something ok with the Squid.

So, here's the results. SY135mm and sometimes asi1600, sometimes asi2600.

[petevasey]

That's a lovely wide field view.  Many congratulations on capturing the Squid - a very difficult target needing as you found lots of OIII.  Is your OIII filter particularly narrow banded?

Cheers,

Peter.

[powerlord]

Thanks, for the asi1600 I use a 6nm baader Oiii. For the OSCs, it's an L-extreme.

[Mr Spock]

Lovely image 👍

[mackiedlm]

Thats a cracking image.  Nicely framed

[Dan_Paris]

ve ry deep image and indeed nicely framed, well done !

[MartinB]

That OIII in the squid is so faint.  Well done for capturing it

[powerlord]

15 minutes ago, MartinB said:

That OIII in the squid is so faint.  Well done for capturing it

thanks. yes, I've been trying for months and months to be honest with various cameras and focal lengths. I have work in progresses more cropped in to just sh2-129 too - but they are nowhere near ready yet - assuming I can be bothered continuing with it. It's quite depressing when you get another 10 hours and still can barely see the thing.. you sort of think the imaging time would have been better spent on another target.

 

Here for example is where I am with imaging it at 400mm. that is after 6 hours so far. 😠

[MartinB]

Yes, that looks about right.  A couple of years ago I got 16 hours worth with an fsq 106 reduced to f3.8 and had to reject a further 3 hours worth.  It was still quite a battle.  Keep going!