NGC 7023 Iris Nebula - SGL4 25/04/09 FLT98 first light

[Whippy]

What a weekend! Great site, great people and the cherry on the top was a nice clear Saturday night. Conditions on the Saturday started off well and slowly got better as the night wore on . I took delivery of my shiny new FLT98 from the guys at FLO on Thursday and after wiping the drool off of it, I managed to hook it all up to grab this image. Have to say this is a glorious scope, a definate step up from my old Zentihstar 110 which wasn't exactly a slouch but I'm well chuffed with both the scope and this image especially for a first light. I think me and the new arrival are going to have a long and happy relationship . I really like this in mono and if I was thinking of adding some RGB I'm going to have to wait until it rises out the murk from my back garden, perhaps I could do it at Kelling in September!

Anyhoo, NGC 7023 the Iris Nebula. Total exposure time 2hrs 55 mins (35x5 mins), Taken with an Atik 16hr with an IR cut filter in the nosepiece, through a WO FLT98. Guided by a ZS66, QHY5 and PHD all atop an EQ6 pro. Stacked in DSS and processed in photoshop.

Enjoy. I'm off to bedzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

Tony..

[CELESCOPE]

Excellent Tony ,a really stunning image , scope looks to deliver ,well done mate

Rog:)

[Greg]

Cracker..... Well done Tony..

[Jarndyce]

Superb, Tony. Great image.

[Jamie]

Nice one me ole son!!!!!!

[Doc]

Never seen this one before matey, awesome work.

[Roy Batty]

Excellent Iris - you've captured alot of the sooty material that surrounds this target. Glad to here clear skies made SGL4 a success:icon_salut:

Keith

[Tim]

You have to be pleased with that one T, and no LP filter too! Got some great detail on the sooty stuff there. It was nice watching this one come through

[barkis]

Astounding, young man. It must take away the pain of Spurs demise at MU. You've a good right to drool over your new acquisition, It is a gorgeous bit of stuff.

Ron.

[philj]

Excellent image and congrats on the new scope. You must have slipped that one past the cloud gods to get a clear night so soon after getting new gear

Phil

[bazza]

Lovely image Tony, of a nice object.

Barry.

[Dangerous-Dave]

Cracking shot Tony. Glad you had good skies for this event.

[moocher]

This ones high up on my target list this year, cracking image!!!!

Alan:)

[Aza]

Wow what a first light! I hope you do add the RGB

[Jamie]

Astounding, young man. It must take away the pain of Spurs demise at MU.

Are you glad you didn't take up my offer of the bet then Tony?????

[markcol]

Super shot Tony, will look fantastic too with the RGB when you get it.

Mark

[Beyond_Vision]

Superb first light Tony I bet you were smiling from ear to ear when that popped up on the screen

Regards

Kevin

[Psychobilly]

Very Nice Tony

Brill first light and great to see an image that was "captured" at SGL4

Peter....

[Whippy]

Thanks all for the kind words . As Tim mentioned, once those subs started to roll in, I knew this going to be half decent and in keeping with the general great atmosphere on Saturday night at SGL4, I'm sure no-one would have complained at the sky, I know I didn't!

And as for Spurs Ron and Jamie, I may have been a little hasty in celebrating but that was never a penalty in a million years! Once that went in, they just laid into us . Mind you, we seem to have a streak of bad luck at Old Trafford these days, the 'goal that wasn't' by Pedro Mendes for example....

Tony..

[Andrew*]

Great shot Tony - saw one of the subs on screen and it looked brilliant but the final result is something else.

Cheers

Andrew

[RobH]

Great image Tony, and very nicely processed.

You must be pleased as punch with the new scope

Cheers

Rob

[centroid]

Hey!, I didn't even know that you were imaging on Saturday night Tony .

Nice work indeed!!

Dave

[rich_t]

Great image there, the subtle shading across the nebula looks great. Glad you had decent skies at the weekend.

Rich.

[Whippy]

Well sort of RGB anyway. I managed to grab the Red and Blue on Wednesday and I made a synthetic Green channel through Noels' Actions. I've been playing with the colour balance over the last couple of days and this is probably the best compromise. Looking at other images of this uncovers a fair bit of difference in colours! I'll get the green data at some point and see if it makes any difference.

Anyways, there's 1hr 15mins of Blue (25 x 3 mins) and 1hr of Blue (20 x 3).

Tony..

[Psychobilly]

Well sort of RGB anyway. I managed to.......

Anyways, there's 1hr 15mins of Blue (25 x 3 mins) and 1hr of Blue (20 x 3).

Tony..

A bluer shade of red...