Coddington's Nebula (IC 2574)

[MikeD]

A dwarf Spiral galaxy that is an outlying member of the M81 group.

Again mist was a big problem in Swindon last night ,so much so I had to look for a target up near the pole away from the worst effects of the mist and associated LP.

I didn't hold out much hope but as always, if I can see stars I am loathed to not point a scope at them, so I set a run of 16 @ 7 min's (Upped from my normal 5 min's due to the CLS filter in the imaging train)

after which I pier flipped and set another run going and went to bed.

Alarm rang at 3:50am when I rolled over the obs roof and set some darks going.

Pleased with how the CLS filter helped and surprised with the result given the conditions (at 3:50 the sky was very orange).

44 @ 7 min's with the usual setup.

Mike.

[TakMan]

Conditions were poor here to last night - I popped out now and again but decided against imaging....

You've got a great result here though - really fine data for something so faint!

Damian

[peter shah]

another corker mike.....im loving the detail:cool: how are you processing? ddp, curves and levels?

[lukebl]

Nice sharp image and an interesting subject. Are you planning to get any colour in it?

[MikeD]

Thanks for the kind words.

Curves and levels Peter.

I have tried DDP but I find I can get as good/better results with Levels and curves and have more control.

I also use Neat image to sharpen as well as smooth (as separate processes) the image.

Mike.

[MikeD]

Nice sharp image and an interesting subject. Are you planning to get any colour in it?

I have just been picking targets and shooting during these misty nights ( I have three on the go) not sure which ones I will go back to for colour, although this will respond well to Ha so it might go on the go back to list.

Mike.

[SlipperySquid]

Nice image mate, I saw this on my planetarium software and gave it a miss, looks a challenging object!

Matt.

[Hypernova]

Nice

The surface brightness is very low which explains why I couldn't observe a few weeks ago, aperture and dark skies needed.

[RobH]

Great stuff!

Looks to be tons of Ha emission there....go on...grab some....you know you want to

[Whippy]

That's a cracking image Mike, congrats .

Tony..

[Shibby]

Delightful, I don't think I've seen this one before. Lots of nice structure coming out!

[MikeD]

Cheers guys.

Mike.

[ollypenrice]

Another original choice. Great to see this centre stage. You have caught real structure and detail.

Olly

[johnh]

I remember Tom How's image of this unusual galaxy and yours is excellent, I expect this has a heap of Ha the way it looks with delicate faint clumps caught well.

John.

[rich_t]

Great image Mike and a very encouraging to see what can still be achieved under less than ideal conditions.

The detail, especially at the top of the object is very good.

Rich.