Pacman Hide and Seek

[Beyond_Vision]

I set up my kit just before dark as the satellite images looked promising for clear skies but had to wait until 12:15am for it to clear. After a bit of flaffing around I framed NGC281 as best I could, 3 ten minute subs later more clouds. Another look at the satellite images showed small patches of cloud. So I decided to take a few darks until it passed. I then fell asleep and woke up at gone 2.00am to clear skies. I could have kicked myself as I may have missed a few possible subs. I then set the rig off again and cat napped until 4.15am.

All in all I managed to get 14 x 10 minute subs. 



Regards

Kevin

[Paxo]

That's a fantastic widefield image of the Oacman Kevin, fantatstic colours, and as normal, well processed.

Steve..

[PH-R]

Wow great shot thxs for sharing. What is your method for finding this object?

Best wishes,

Paul

[Aza]

Gorgeous image, love the colours.

[Roy]

Very nice Kevin, you're not alone m8, I'm always nodding off.

I'd say you still pulled it off though even with a kip half way through

[Tim]

Ah, you are playing with my new best friend Kevin. I nearly phoned you last night to check how clear it actually was once the clouds cleared, it took till gone midnight to get clear here.

Do you still have your data from kelling last year on this one? You could combine the two in registar, might make for an interesting combo.

I still need another 8 hours or so on Pacman, but the weather has been terrible, so i'm glad you managed to get a nice shot in a fraction of the time!

[Beyond_Vision]

Thanks for reminding me Tim I will take a look at restacking the two sets of data

Paul it's in the constellation of Cassiopeia

Regards

Kevin

[Starflyer]

Cracking image Kevin, really like the widefield view

[Psychobilly]

Nicely done Kev...

Easiest way to find stuff for imaging is .... "goto".... not time for star-hopping etc with the British weather...

Peter...

[Milliways]

You can really see the depth in this image, and the colours of the stars are just amazing!

[brendant]

A stunning capture Kevin, superb processing.

Brendan

[steppenwolf]

Lovely wide-field - look at all those stars too!

[Beyond_Vision]

Thanks for the nice comments

Regards

Kevin

[Coco]

Very nice capture...

Guy...

[Beyond_Vision]

Had another bash at processing it and added 30 minutes of data from Kelling last year.

Regards

Kevin

[Tim]

did it blend without trouble Kevin?

[Beyond_Vision]

I tried to stack 14 x 10mins and 14 x 5mins from a previous run at Kelling last September. For some reason even though I hadn't set any reject level in DSS it wouldn't stack all of the Kelling data along with Sunday morning's. In the end it was 14 x 10 mins plus 6 x 5mins from Kelling. The image was then post processed from scratch the Nebula is marginally improved but I think the star field is better this time.

Regards

Kevin

[brendant]

Stunning Kevin, all them stars and fantastic colour, a beautiful reprocess and well worth the effort.

Brendan

[minimalist]

Very nicely done Kevin, love the colors in this one.

Daniel

[Beyond_Vision]

Thanks again guys

Regards

Kevin

[NickH]

That shot has single handedly made me want to get out deep sky imaging again

utterly brilliant!

[RobH]

Wonderful Kevin. Really rich colour. It jumps out of the screen at you

Looking between the images, I think the nebula, particularly the centre, is better in the first image, but the starfield is much tighter in the second.

Cheers

Rob

[Beyond_Vision]

Thanks Nick that's put a smile on my face despite the gloomy weather, lets hope the weather changes PDQ

Regards

Kevin

[NickH]

More for my clumsy typing I hope :-)

(damn pocket laptops...not helped by kids not wanting to go to bed...!)

[Coco]

Damn I went to bed at 11Pm!

Love the image!

Guy....