NGC 1893 and IC410 in Narrowband (SHO palette)

[old_eyes]

12 hrs exposure (Ha:03:S2 1:2:2) of IC 410 and NGC 1893, from my home observatory in North Wales during the recent cold spell.

Esprit120 & Atik 460ex mounted on a Mesu 200. I ended up with some sharp gradients at top and bottom of the image which I could not process out, so I have cropped the image quite severely. Fortunately, the objective was to get a good view of the Tadpoles, which the image delivers. Overall quite happy with this.

Processed in PixInsight.

[ollypenrice]

Lovely. The Taddies are so much better in a mixed NB palette than in broadband.

Olly

[old_eyes]

20 minutes ago, ollypenrice said:

Lovely. The Taddies are so much better in a mixed NB palette than in broadband.

Olly

Thank you Olly. I am experimenting with full automation of my home observatory using Voyager. I enables me to grab odd hours of clear sky which come unexpectedly and makes me more productive (well more productive for the cloudy skies of North Wales). I don't know if it is getting harder to provide an accurate local weather forecast, but I seem to be getting a lot more unexpectedly clear or cloudy patches. Even when Clear Outside and Meteoblue Astronomical Seeing agree, what actually happens is often completely different. Automation means I don't waste those opportunities, or risk rain on my rig. So this image was one of the first tests of the new system. Hopefully more to come!

Anyway can I wish you a belated Nadolig llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd dda!

 

[ollypenrice]

1 hour ago, old_eyes said:

 

Anyway can I wish you a belated Nadolig llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd dda!

 

You certainly can, dear boy, and may I return the compliment with a full brillig of slithy toves and the hope that the new year will see you gyring and gimbling in the borogroves whatever the mome raths think of it? 

lly

Edited December 27, 2022 by ollypenrice
typo - if that's possible in a post like this one!!!