IC 63

[CELESCOPE]

Really Hard one this at mag 30 , took an hour to centre it in the frame , this one is sooo faint i was surprised the Atik coped, but it could be down to the Fast star system ,anyway 51 subs at 45.5 secs, processed in Maxim

Rog

[Grant]

Amazing image! Every image you've posted has been absolutely awe inspiring, how do you do it? Do you colour the images yourself?

Urgh just cut chilli and rubbed my lips....

[CELESCOPE]

Yes Grant i look up the image on the web and see what colour it should be then just process to that colour in Photoshop Emission Neb is mostly Red anyway , reflection a tone of blue ,

Thanks for nice comment

]Rog

[AndyMac]

This is indeed a very faint nebula to be found in the constellation (I think!) of Cassiopeia.

All I can say is 'absolutely awesome' Rog!!! :shock: Spending an hour getting this faint [removed word] in the frame has clearly paid dividends & shows your sheer dedication to the hobby (not sure I would have had that much patience).

A really excellent & very well detailed shot. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[daz]

Another superb image Rog!!!

Question: What is the 'fast star system' Rog?

Cheers

Daz

[CELESCOPE]

Ahh ok Daz ,the fast star system works with the celestron gps8, the secondary mirror is removed and replaced with the fast star lens, this brings the scope down from F10 to F1.95, the beauty of this mean i can capture images in a very short time , supposed to be 30 times faster at F1.95, this helps me a lot in getting very faint objects in a reasonable time,also operating with Alt Az it enables me to capture most images, rotation is processed in Maxim ,but having said all this a wedge is next on my list ,this will give me even more flexibility, and less processing time.

Rog

[daz]

Thanks for that Rog - another bit of learning tucked away

Daz

[Ant]

Mag 30 :shock: this must be the faintest thing that I've ever seen an amateur image...

Well done Rog!

Ant

[Rob]

Congrats there Rog.... first class stuff.

Rob 8)

[Astroman]

Using the fast star system actually puts the camera at "prime focus", contrary to popular belief.  Placing an eyepiece or camera at the normal place is called "cassegraine focus".  But that's way to hard to say, so most think it's prime focus.

Yet another nearly irrellevant tidbit from Astroman!

[Astroman]

Actually though, IC 63 is about mag 16 in the visual.  Mag 30 refers to its surface brightness.  It's a REALLY tough target, since Gamma Cas is so close.  The "arrow" actually points right to it.

Check out this image from my pal Adam Block at the Kitt Peak public outreach telescope:

http://www.noao.edu/outreach/aop/observers/ic59.html

[Rob]

Blimey Astroman thats some picture your buddy took there.

Rob

[Astroman]

Ya. With a 20" Ritchey-Cretien from Kitt Peak. Nice skies there. Adam runs the public outreach program there. Notice the other credits on the image. This image is from the "Advanced" program, where for a fee, you get to stay up all night and image, or observe or whatever through that marvelous instrument. Do it yourself, or just give them a list and take home a CD. Awesome!

[Astroman]

Oh, sorry Celescope, I forgot to compliment your amazing image above! Really well done. Esp considering Gamma Cas' proximity.