IC1848 - Soul nebula (+ a covering of snow!)

[alexd]

Finally my sky is free of clouds for a change and I managed to grab two nights either side of Christmas on the Soul Nebula. Had an interesting time on the second night as I didn't notice it was snowing and my rig got fairly covered. Momentary panic and judicious use of kitchen roll and a hair drier and disaster averted 😀.

Captured from NE Scotland with my Esprit 100 ED and ASI294MC pro.

146 x 300s lights (12h 15'' total).

 

 

[geeklee]

Nice colour and detail Alex.  Several stand out areas to enjoy at full resolution 👍

Well done taking the plunge with the weather.  I was tempted on several occasions to go out over Christmas.  One evening was looking really hopeful and suddenly snow was forecast - it was maybe the same night!

[alexd]

4 minutes ago, geeklee said:

Nice colour and detail Alex.  Several stand out areas to enjoy at full resolution 👍

Well done taking the plunge with the weather.  I was tempted on several occasions to go out over Christmas.  One evening was looking really hopeful and suddenly snow was forecast - it was maybe the same night!

Thanks for your feedback Lee. For once the weather forecast was right (1.5 h snow) but i looked outside and it seemed clear enough..... A real boxing day panic.

[Paul Holdsworth]

Superb rendition of the Soul nebula Alex . Very nice detail and particularly like the colour palette on the OIII. Can I ask what filter you used with your 294 mc pro ? 

Cheers Paul

[teoria_del_big_bang]

That really is a great image 🙂 

Steve

[alexd]

12 hours ago, Paul Holdsworth said:

Superb rendition of the Soul nebula Alex . Very nice detail and particularly like the colour palette on the OIII. Can I ask what filter you used with your 294 mc pro ? 

Cheers Paul

Thanks Paul. I used a 2" Antlia ALP-T filter (aka the antlia gold i think).  Really nice filter to use (although my flats do look a little weird).

Cheers

Alex

[alexd]

12 hours ago, teoria_del_big_bang said:

That really is a great image 🙂 

Steve

Thanks Steve.