67 day "enforced" break... at last a clear night... IC405 IC410 BCF Modified 1000D

[Psychobilly]

After Longest and most depressing spell of non imaging weather so far ... not helped by equipment problems brough on by lack of use .. finally had the kit up and running again and a clear night last night (low of -8C inside the obs)..

I decided to spend most of the night on a single target taking subs of 300 and 600s...

So here's the first image for a long time...

IC405 and IC410 in Auriga taken with BCF modified 1000D on WO Megrez 72 with WO FF III through Hutech IDAS P2 filter

15x300s and 21x600s with 41 skyfalst and 51 bias frames all "chucked" into DSS post processed in CS3...

Billy...

[ncjunk]

Yeah! Welcome back! I was wondering where you had been...I thought you may have been kidnapped by aliens during a late night imagin sesson...

Neil C

[ncjunk]

..and a great pic to go with it..

[Psychobilly]

Cheers Neil.... I have been to a dark place where I don't want to go again in a hurry was on the verge of selling it all and demolishing the obs...

Peter...

[ncjunk]

Wash your mouth out with soap young man!...I know that feeling though...I keep getting it with the guitars I have and then I remember that every now and again I get half an hour to play them and during that half hour its great fun.

I think sometimes it is good to have a guilt free break and come back refreshed!

Neil C

[beamish]

I dare not ask the question of where you'd gone BUT great to see you back Peter !! and with a BANG !!

[Helen]

Great to see you back Peter!!!

Helen

[dark knight]

Welcome back Peter, and what a return, another stunning image...

[George]

Great image Peter...and welcome back

Been to that dark depressing place myself the last couple of months, weather wise its been disastrous here this season hopefully the clear night drought is behind us

[Mark at Beaufort]

Welcome back Peter. Nice astro photo as usual. Good to see photos of IC objects.

Regards

Mark

[brendant]

A great re-introduction image Peter, beautiful result, all the exposure really pays off .

Must be great to get back out again - still not managed it as it has been either foggy or cloudy, even had a sprinking of snow thrown in.

Brendan

[Deneb]

Long time no Hear - Peter, nice to have you back. Looking forward to further images from you.

Cheers

Nadeem.

[steppenwolf]

Well done, Peter, good to see you back imaging and what a great start! I really like the framing of these two - excellent.

[JCJC]

Welcome back Peter, and what an image.

Jordan

[Doc]

Nice to hear from you again Peter, this dark place doesn't sound like a very nice place to visit.

[Catanonia]

Welcome back mate, thought you had fallen of the face of the earth.

Lovely image to come back with, really nice and crisp with lovely colours.

[barkis]

:hello2:

How nice to see your name on the board again Peter.

And a one of your specials with it..

Very nice mate, both the picture, and your return.

Ron.

[assouptro]

Fantastic image Peter.

Lovely colours and fine detail.

Good to see you back from the "dark side"

Bryan.

[Beulah]

Great to see you posting again, Peter!!!

Stick with it though, you images are fantastic.

[Psychobilly]

Thanks all for the comments... Hopefully 2010 will be a better year all round for everyone...

Been playing with the data for a few hours (ok minutes really as I fell asleep for the rest of the time - I'm so out of practice and dont think I am anywhere near the marathon multi day night sessions of last year) so this will have to do for now...

Peter...

[Beyond_Vision]

A superb job Pete and glad to see you back in the saddle. You have certainly come back with a bang you have picked up the relection and emission parts of IC405 very nicely. A great field of view

Regards

Kevin

[Neil I]

Great image Peter, love the colour. It's good to have you back

Cheers

Neil

[Coco]

He's always been around only on XXXX :D

Seriously tho..nice image mate.. Glad you got the coloured stars also, was beginning to think I'd gotten my image all wrong

Sometimes a break will re charge your enthusiasm...

Guy...

[glowjet]

Nice to have you around again Peter, lovely image by the way.

[Tom OD]

Very cool. Good to see the Reflection