IC443 and C/2007Q3

[paulobao]

Hi,

finally I had a night without clouds, last saturday, here in Portugal. So I went outdoors to my backyard in this very light polluted town where I live and started my session at 9 PM (5ºC) and ended it at 6:20 AM (1ºC). I took some usefull Ha data of the IC443 (I will need more of that and the OIII, but I will need to wait for better nights now). At the end of session before turnig everything off, I pointed to the comet of the moment (unfortunatelly located at a light dome spot ) I managed to capture some data.

Both images with my Tak FS102NSV @ f/6.2 + QSI532WS-M1.

IC443 - Ha_7nm: 9x20min + 9x25min

Comet C/2007Q3 (Siding Spring) - Clear Filter: 9x3min

Regards,

paulo @ portugal

[Catanonia]

nice work there mate...... Oh comets, now that is something I haven't tried yet

Easy now Cat, there is a lifetime of stuff up there ya know

How long was the comet data and how was it done ? Stacking separate images and animating ?

[paulobao]

Thanks,

for the animation: 9 x 3min frames. Calibrated (darks only, I did not took flats), aligned, save each aligned frame in JPG. Then I used Fireworks from Adobe to make the animated GIF.

Regards,

paulo

[Catanonia]

Thanks,

for the animation: 9 x 3min frames. Calibrated (darks only, I did not took flats), aligned, save each aligned frame in JPG. Then I used Fireworks from Adobe to make the animated GIF.

Regards,

paulo

I like very much. definately something to do in the future

[johnh]

Jellyfish neb is sensational with such fine structure. John.

[Astroscot2]

One of the most detailed jelly fish images ive seen, looks a far more interesting object at this scale than widefield IMHO. Nice guiding BTW

Nice little comet, where is it in the sky at the moment?

[paulobao]

Thanks for looking and I'm glad you like it. Hope to have another night without clouds soon (it seems dificult) to continue the catch.

About the comet and for the UK: it will rise at approx. 23:15 in Coma Berenices and it will be approx 30º high at 3 PM or so.

Regards,

paulo

[Tom OD]

Lovely finament data in the Jellyfish. Well done on the great comet animation.

Tom.

[peter shah]

beautifully done lovely detail

[Taff]

Hi Paulo' That's a great picture of the neb' nice and clear with you.Mark

[moocher]

Such a stunning image!!!! Where have al these QSIs come from all of a sudden? I want one!!!!

Alan:)

[FranckiM06]

Hello Paulo,

It is very nice image and I think that I will shot this nebulae later. Also, I like your comet. But, I'm surprised that you have blooming with your CCD camera !

Best regards.

Franck

[paulobao]

Thanks to all.

About the blooming: my QSI uses a KAF3200ME sensor and it is NABG one (I bought it for a more scientific purpose: photometry). For the deblooming I will need to take shorter exposures and then process them with the longer exposures in CCDStack).

Regards and MC to all,

paulo @ portugal