M108 and M97 (The Owl Nebula) with RASA

[gorann]

Who says that the main objects should be in the center? Well this was also an attempt to image less imaged areas to find something new while playing it safe by including some iconic objects. I am surprised how well the Owl Nebula and M108 (NGC3556) were resolved by the RASA at a focal length of 400 mm, and it had no problem catching the Owl's outer ring, but I have to admit that I could not find any particularly interesting IFN or other features in this area, except for some smaller galaxies.

Caught with my dual-RASA8 rig and ASI2600MC with IDAS NBZ filter, so mainly Ha and Oiii. 118 x 5 min so about 10 hours. Processed with PI and PS including the XTerminator procedures.

Cheers, Göran

 

Full frame:

 

And a close up:

 

Edited April 9, 2023 by gorann

[simmo39]

Wow, V nice!

[gorann]

1 hour ago, simmo39 said:

Wow, V nice!

Thanks a lot Simmo!

[wimvb]

4 hours ago, gorann said:

except for some smaller galaxies

some 500 actually, according to the PI annotation script. 😄

Very nice image, Göran

[gorann]

9 hours ago, wimvb said:

some 500 actually, according to the PI annotation script. 😄

Very nice image, Göran

Thanks Wim! Apparently a very busy area, but most of them will be very dim and fuzzy indeed.