Barnard 150 - Seahorse in Cepheus

[tooth_dr]

I spent a few nights collecting data on this stunning dark nebula in Cepheus.

The data taken over several evening sessions - 20th November, 28th November, 11th December, 12th December, 13th December, 15th December.  Varying moon phases between unrisen and 88%.

Scopes: 2 x APM LZOS 105/650

Cameras: 268M / 2600MC

Mount: Mesu e200

Guiding: OAG / 290MM

Acquisition: SG Pro / PHD2

Misc: Pegasus Power Box Advance / Atik EFW3 / ZWO Filter Drawer

I used a total of 11.1 hours of luminance and 8.3 hours of OSC data taken with 268M and 2600MC.  In addition I also took 50 minutes of Ha data with 3nm Chroma filter.  Total integration time approx 20 hours.

Stacked in APP, processed using Pixinsight, ImagesPlus and Photoshop 2023.

This might be the first image I've sat back and looked at and been genuinely quite satisfied.   I even used PI for a couple of things, and it's finally starting to sink in.

Any C+C welcome

Adam.

 

Edited December 29, 2022 by tooth_dr

[Neil_104]

That's a superb image! It's got superb depth to it. Really nice star colours as well - what length were your subs?

[tooth_dr]

14 minutes ago, Neil_104 said:

That's a superb image! It's got superb depth to it. Really nice star colours as well - what length were your subs?

Thanks Neil. 2 minutes for both the luminance and the OSC. The few ha subs were 5 minutes long. 

[dannybgoode]

That's an outstanding image. Well worth the effort. 

[tooth_dr]

19 minutes ago, dannybgoode said:

That's an outstanding image. Well worth the effort. 

Thanks Danny, just chipped away at it over a few weeks, patience is required in this game

[dannybgoode]

5 minutes ago, tooth_dr said:

Thanks Danny, just chipped away at it over a few weeks, patience is required in this game

Ain't that the truth. Need to get back into it. Been messing with other hobbies but do enjoy the immense frustration that is AP

[teoria_del_big_bang]

4  years ago or so when I started AP I would not have appreciated the effort what goes into an image like this, thankfully I fully appreciate it now, well done that us another superb image 🙂 

Steve

[simmo39]

Amazing! Just so 3D.

[Adreneline]

That is an outstanding image Adam. Great subtlety of processing has revealed an intriguing object in perfect balance with the background star field. Star shapes and colours are excellent across the whole field of view - your twin scopes are doing an amazing job. As you’ve rightly pointed out, patience is the name of the game in AP! Glad to hear you’ve crossed the rubicon with PI too - patience and persistence pays off in every aspect and it shows in this fantastic image. Thanks for sharing. Adrian

Edited December 30, 2022 by Adreneline
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[barbulo]

Outstanding! I really love the depth. I wish I could add 20h someday.

[geeklee]

Fantastic image Adam.  Well worth every hour spent (both collecting and processing!).  Not going easy on yourself with some challenging moon phases in there too  

11 hours ago, tooth_dr said:

This might be the first image I've sat back and looked at and been genuinely quite satisfied.

It's a great feeling.  I think some of us tend to be overly critical of our own images where we might not be of others so it's nice when the above happens! 😊

[tooth_dr]

Thanks for the comments everyone 👍🏻👍🏻

[david_taurus83]

Sweet!

[GalaxyGael]

Nicely done, I like this target too. Quite a few of nice Barnard objects at that scale/fov when I went looking to make a wish list. 

[tooth_dr]

I've started uploading my images to Astrobin, and again very happy to have a top pick nomination with this one.

https://astrob.in/jm9ywy/0/

[carastro]

Excellent Adam.   

[tooth_dr]

Thank you Carole @carastro

[tomato]

Well deserved.👍

[Icesheet]

Congrats! Well deserved 👏🏻 

[wesdon1]

On 29/12/2022 at 23:10, tooth_dr said:

I spent a few nights collecting data on this stunning dark nebula in Cepheus.

The data taken over several evening sessions - 20th November, 28th November, 11th December, 12th December, 13th December, 15th December.  Varying moon phases between unrisen and 88%.

Scopes: 2 x APM LZOS 105/650

Cameras: 268M / 2600MC

Mount: Mesu e200

Guiding: OAG / 290MM

Acquisition: SG Pro / PHD2

Misc: Pegasus Power Box Advance / Atik EFW3 / ZWO Filter Drawer

I used a total of 11.1 hours of luminance and 8.3 hours of OSC data taken with 268M and 2600MC.  In addition I also took 50 minutes of Ha data with 3nm Chroma filter.  Total integration time approx 20 hours.

Stacked in APP, processed using Pixinsight, ImagesPlus and Photoshop 2023.

This might be the first image I've sat back and looked at and been genuinely quite satisfied.   I even used PI for a couple of things, and it's finally starting to sink in.

Any C+C welcome

Adam.

 

@tooth_dr Incredibly detailed, colour and contrast rich, stunning image! This has to be one the best DSO images I've seen to date! 

May I ask, what Bortle scale you achieved this in? Utterly stunning image my friend!

[Dan_Paris]

excellent capture, very clean yet detailed, congrats

[tooth_dr]

15 hours ago, wesdon1 said:

@tooth_dr Incredibly detailed, colour and contrast rich, stunning image! This has to be one the best DSO images I've seen to date! 

May I ask, what Bortle scale you achieved this in? Utterly stunning image my friend!

Thank you so much, really appreciate it. I took this from home, it’s a decent Bortle 4 I’d say. On a good night the sky is strikingly beautiful.

[tooth_dr]

10 hours ago, Dan_Paris said:

excellent capture, very clean yet detailed, congrats

Thanks Dan 😊