IC1396, a slog.

[ollypenrice]

IC1396, the big devil, in what is really just tinted Ha. The heavy narrowband input I found I needed in order to keep the stars down to a size which would scale with the picture. Also there was so little colour signal to play with. (80 mins per channel and 4 hours Lum, all unbinned at f3.9.)

Tak FSQ85 and Atik 4000.

Olly

[adamsp123]

Maybe a slog Olly, but IMHO a stunning beaut of an image. well worth the effort.

Pete

[Coco]

Last night was clear from 10:30, So I spent 25mins desperately trying to find IC1396..

In frustration and I opened a can of larger and targeted M31 to reassure myself I wasn't loosing it I wantted to start gathering Data from M31 anyway.

This morning to my despair, whilst sipping my first cup of tea I studied the 8 or so quite fired early attempts at 1396 only to discover on very careful observation of the DSO I had actually captured half of it!!

Damn it!!

Guy....

[Beyond_Vision]

Well that slog was worth it Olly another superbly detailed image.

Regards

Kevin

[Psychobilly]

As Kev has already said it was well worth the slog ...

Peter...

[ollypenrice]

Thanks all. I'm working on a more contrasty version at the moment. Coco, I very nearly did the same as you when I first tried this last year. You hardly know you've got anything apart from in Ha.

Olly.

[Tim]

Olly, that is one of the finest I have seen of the region, love the colours, love the detail.

Imagine how amazing this would be with a months worth of NB data !

Great stuff, thanks for posting.

[George]

Have to echo what TJ said Olly, beautiful image

[ollypenrice]

Time for another SGL collective effort? Trouble is, you need a teeny focal length or an Atlantean chip!

Olly

[roundycat]

I agree about this one being Ha rich. I have just done it in nb and the Ha is so strong compared to the other two I could be all year getting some reasonable data. Nice work though, well worth another couple of hours, should be a cinch with all your clear skies!

Dennis

[Paxo]

Hi Olly,

I'm with TJ, one of the best I've seen of this region. Although your working on a 'more contrasty' version, the subtle hues and tones in this verion are fantastic and give the image a 'magical' feeling. Can't wait to see the subsequent images.

Steve..

[minimalist]

Olly, you kill me, I'd give (almost) anything to get something like that. To my eyes, it's about as perfect as can be.

Daniel

[ollypenrice]

I wouldn't want to kill anybody, Daniel!! (Okay, maybe Mr Gates on certain Vista-prone occasions...)

Olly

[Taff]

Nice one Olly' nice details in the capture.Mark