Flaming Star Nebula

The sky-gods surprised me last night with 3 semi-clear hours. I quickly set up the RedCat 51 and Canon EOS Ra for some wide-field deep-sky images in Auriga.

 

Here is 50 x 3-minutes at ISO 1600 on the Flaming Star Nebula and Tadpole Nebula at a true 250mm focal length.

 

You can also see the "Spider and the Fly" in there.

 

This was a fantastic test of the Ha sensitivity of the Ra using a dual bandpass filter (Optolong L-eNhance).

 

Canon EOS Ra

Optolong L-eNhance Filter

William Optics RedCat 51

William Optics Uniguide 50mm

ZWO ASI290mm Mini

Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

 

Astro Photography Tool

PHD2 Guiding

 

DeepSkyStacker

Photoshop 2020

Done