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North American Nebula- pseudo Hubble Pallete
Here's the Peter Rabbit version of the North American and Pelican Nebulas with Mr. Mcgregor's hand in the upper right, trying (and failing) to grab Peter Rabbit in the lower left... who also appears to be smiling about it...fun with astronomy.
Hope everyone enjoys. I finally took the plunge to a dedicated cooled CMOS astrophotography camera and couldn't be more thrilled with this first photo. Narrowband imaging and cooled sensors completely open up the door to whats possible through light pollution.
Here's the North American Nebula and most of the Pelican Nebula (NGC7000 and IC5070) in the Constellation Cygnus from the front porch of our house in both the Hubble color palette and more natural HOS palette (second photo). This is a large area of emission nebulosity stretching about 2.5 degrees east of the prominent star Deneb. This area is highly studied due to its large amount of active star formation.
Image specs:
Zwo ASI294MC color camera, Meade 70mm Quadruplet APO, Skywatcher EQ6-R mount, Orion 50mm guidescope and Starshoot Autoguider.
30 x 400" Ha Frames (3hrs,20min) Zwo 7nm ha filter.
30 Darks, 35 flats, 35 dark flats.
17 x 900" Oiii Frames (4hrs) Zwo 7nm oiii filter.
30 Darks, 40 flats, 40 dark flats.
Captured using APT, stacked in DSS, processed in Startools, final refinements in Lightroom CC. Hubble palette is green = ha, blue = oiii, and synthesized red layer. HOS palette is red = ha, blue = oiii, and synthesized green layer. .
North American Nebula- pseudo Hubble Pallete
Here's the Peter Rabbit version of the North American and Pelican Nebulas with Mr. Mcgregor's hand in the upper right, trying (and failing) to grab Peter Rabbit in the lower left... who also appears to be smiling about it...fun with astronomy.
Hope everyone enjoys. I finally took the plunge to a dedicated cooled CMOS astrophotography camera and couldn't be more thrilled with this first photo. Narrowband imaging and cooled sensors completely open up the door to whats possible through light pollution.
Here's the North American Nebula and most of the Pelican Nebula (NGC7000 and IC5070) in the Constellation Cygnus from the front porch of our house in both the Hubble color palette and more natural HOS palette (second photo). This is a large area of emission nebulosity stretching about 2.5 degrees east of the prominent star Deneb. This area is highly studied due to its large amount of active star formation.
Image specs:
Zwo ASI294MC color camera, Meade 70mm Quadruplet APO, Skywatcher EQ6-R mount, Orion 50mm guidescope and Starshoot Autoguider.
30 x 400" Ha Frames (3hrs,20min) Zwo 7nm ha filter.
30 Darks, 35 flats, 35 dark flats.
17 x 900" Oiii Frames (4hrs) Zwo 7nm oiii filter.
30 Darks, 40 flats, 40 dark flats.
Captured using APT, stacked in DSS, processed in Startools, final refinements in Lightroom CC. Hubble palette is green = ha, blue = oiii, and synthesized red layer. HOS palette is red = ha, blue = oiii, and synthesized green layer. .