A Cygnus Mosaic (2x2) in H-alpha, from the Crescent to the Tulip

[Peds]

I've always wanted to do a mosaic of the Cygnus region and figured that combining the wide field of view of the Stowaway with my rotator would be the way to go. It was working great until I broke my rotator (my own fault). I had hoped to at least add OIII data for a bicolour image, but this may need to wait until next year. Higher res and more gear details in my Astrobin: https://astrob.in/full/ss5hmk/0/

Taken on separate nights, unguided, after running a dec-arc model with the Mach2GTO-L from my backyard in London, UK.

Panel 1 - Barnard 145 area: 3h 20' Ha
Panel 2 - Tulip Nebula: 3h 10' Ha
Panel 3 - Crescent Nebula: 2h 15' Ha
Panel 4 - WR134: 3h 00' Ha

Thanks for looking!

[peter shah]

Ooo that's a bit nice...great work

[ONIKKINEN]

Great image, even in just mono! Will make an epic bicolour shot one day for sure.

[Peds]

28 minutes ago, peter shah said:

Ooo that's a bit nice...great work

Thanks Peter!

[Peds]

24 minutes ago, ONIKKINEN said:

Great image, even in just mono! Will make an epic bicolour shot one day for sure.

Thanks! Luckily I was able to get Ha data for every panel. Hopefully Pegasus can fix the rotator, as I’m not brave enough to attempt another mosaic without it!

[teoria_del_big_bang]

Very nice, get that rotator fixed 🙂 

Steve

[simmo39]

Wow, nice image!

[Peds]

Thanks Steve and simmo39!

[tomato]

Very impressive, nice to see a sharp mono image on here👍

[gorann]

Outstanding, really quite amazing so we all look forward to the final one!

Edited August 13, 2023 by gorann

[Peds]

Thanks for the kind words tomato and gorann!