NGC 1491 in Ha 24 & 27/10/10

[Whippy]

Most catalogues show this as a quite small nebula but I had spotted a couple of images showing a whole mass of surrounding nebulosity including a huge expanse nearby (SH2-202) so I thought I'd give it a go and see how it comes out. Have to say I'm quite pleased with it .

I recently bought a 2" Baader 7nm Ha filter and I'm quite impressed with it. I normally stayed away from imaging if there was more than a three-quarter Moon with my old Astronomik filter but the 24th was a full Moon and this object was fairly close by, still got a good enough signal!

Anyhoo, NGC 1491. Total exposure time 6 hrs 40 mins (40 x 10 mins). Taken with an Atik 16hr with a Baader 2" 7nm filter through an ED120. Guided by a QHY5, ZS66 and PHD all atop an EQ6 pro. Stacked in DSS and faffed about with in Photoshop.

Tony..

[GrantEb]

Beautiful

[oldfruit]

Amazing that you can capture such subtle detail with so much moonlight. Excellent result.

[Whippy]

Cheers guys .

Tony..

[Paxo]

Some nice faffing there Tony, as you say lots of detail in there and lots of dust coming through as well.

Steve..

[teh_orph]

Very nice. Very delicate looking. Out of interest, are you going to add to it? I think this could be an awesome picture to hang on the wall!

[Whippy]

Thanks . I'm not looking to add anything to it at the moment as I've got a big list of objects I want to do but the fainter stuff is showing a fair bit of noise so it might get another evening's worth of time spent on it.

Tony..

[James]

Nice one Tony, I've spent a little time on this (mostly as SSP) but the results haven't seen the light of day yet - not least as I can't suss where the noise I got was coming from and the Pacman was calling me... and... you're field of view and results are far better than mine

James

[Beyond_Vision]

Really nice to see something different and an interesting target too. Well worth all the time spent and despite the full Moon a good amount of signal has been caught

Regards

Kevin

[Whippy]

Thanks guys .

Tony..

[peter shah]

i had a go at this a few years ago and didnt think it would be that big in the frame either....i was pleasantly surprised....i wonder what a wide field and loooong exposures would show

a fine image very nicely processed

[Whippy]

Thanks Peter . I think you could be onto a winner if you went for a wide field with this, some long subs could really bring out the faint stuff that I've caught a bit of here.

Tony..