Initial data for a Jellyfish HST capture...

[RichieJarvis]

Hi All,

Last night was (amazingly for a UK Bank Holiday!) clear over here in East Sussex. Couldn't believe my luck!

The forecast was touch and go, and sat24 was showing a huge band of cloud pushing across the whole country from the west. I almost didn't setup at the speed it was moving over....

However, I am glad I did because I managed to capture 6 x 10 minutes of Ha and 8 x 10 minutes of Oiii data on IC443. I would like to catch some more (fingers crossed for tonight!) in the future, but this will do for an initial stab methinks Plan is to grab alot more Ha to really bring out the 'fingers' and then round off with some Sii and some more Oiii.

Scope was the Televue Genesis F/5 101mm refractor atop my EQ6 controlled by EQMOD. Guiding was with the SX guidehead on a Williams Optics 66mm.

Attached is the small version - click here for the larger one

[Fay]

Richie, that is a great image. Lucky to get a good sky!

Fay