Simon Todd Astrophotography
IC410 - The Tadpoles in SHO Narrowband
I totally forgot to upload this image to Flickr, but also this is a re-processed image after learning some new techniques in post processing, but this is NGC1893 / IC410 or most commonly referred to as The Tadpoles, at a distance of over 12,000 light years from earth in the constellation of Auriga
Image Details:
Red 51x150S in SII 6nm Filter
Green: 51x150S in Ha 6nm Filter
Blue: 51x150S in OIII 6nm Filter
Darks, Flats and Flat Darks were applied in the image stacking process
Total Capture time: 12.8 Hours
Acquisition Dates: Nov. 19, 2019 , Dec. 30, 2019 , Jan. 3, 2020 , Jan. 17, 2020 , Jan. 18, 2020 , Jan. 19, 2020 , Jan. 21, 2020 , Jan. 28, 2020 , Feb. 1, 2020
Equipment Details:
Imaging Camera: Qhyccd 183M Mono ColdMOS Camera at -20C
Imaging Scope: SharpStar 15028HNT Hyperboloid Astrograph
Guide Camera: StarlightXpress Lodestar X2
Guide Scope: Sky-Watcher Finder Scope
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro
Focuser: Primalucelab ROBO Focuser
Filterwheel: Starlight Xpress Ltd 7x36mm EFW
Filters: Astronomik 6nm Ha, OIII and SII 36mm
Power and USB Control: Pegasus Astro USB Ultimate Hub Pro
Acquisition Software: Main Sequence Software. Sequence Generator Pro
Calibration and Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor
Processing Software: PixInsight 1.8.6
IC410 - The Tadpoles in SHO Narrowband
I totally forgot to upload this image to Flickr, but also this is a re-processed image after learning some new techniques in post processing, but this is NGC1893 / IC410 or most commonly referred to as The Tadpoles, at a distance of over 12,000 light years from earth in the constellation of Auriga
Image Details:
Red 51x150S in SII 6nm Filter
Green: 51x150S in Ha 6nm Filter
Blue: 51x150S in OIII 6nm Filter
Darks, Flats and Flat Darks were applied in the image stacking process
Total Capture time: 12.8 Hours
Acquisition Dates: Nov. 19, 2019 , Dec. 30, 2019 , Jan. 3, 2020 , Jan. 17, 2020 , Jan. 18, 2020 , Jan. 19, 2020 , Jan. 21, 2020 , Jan. 28, 2020 , Feb. 1, 2020
Equipment Details:
Imaging Camera: Qhyccd 183M Mono ColdMOS Camera at -20C
Imaging Scope: SharpStar 15028HNT Hyperboloid Astrograph
Guide Camera: StarlightXpress Lodestar X2
Guide Scope: Sky-Watcher Finder Scope
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro
Focuser: Primalucelab ROBO Focuser
Filterwheel: Starlight Xpress Ltd 7x36mm EFW
Filters: Astronomik 6nm Ha, OIII and SII 36mm
Power and USB Control: Pegasus Astro USB Ultimate Hub Pro
Acquisition Software: Main Sequence Software. Sequence Generator Pro
Calibration and Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor
Processing Software: PixInsight 1.8.6