Cheap Prawn

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Prawn Nebula, also known as IC 4628, is an emission nebula located in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, around 6,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius.

Taken with the little el-cheapo Kson ED80 at F5.5, ZWO ASI 183mm Pro cooled to -10C, about 4 hours exposure (495 x 30 sec subs) with an hour each for LRGB. Luminance was taken with an Astronomik CLS filter, RGB with the Svbony filter set. HEQ5 Pro unguided.

Bigger at Astrobin ---> https://astrob.in/407913/0/

[Peter Ward]

Well, OK the stars are bloated with weird halos and spikes (very odd for a refractor).

But it's colourful and looks like it was fun to capture...which, if you are not having fun, defeats the purpose, so stick with it.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Thanks Peter. The cheapy refractor is a bit better than an achro. It's a doublet with FPL-51 glass. So not a full APO and it kinda shows.

[alpal]

Hi Kevin,

Not bad for a bit of fun.
Ask if you can borrow Mike's FSQ106.


cheers
Allan

[multiweb (Marc)]

I like the colours you've got.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Kevin,

Not bad for a bit of fun.
Ask if you can borrow Mike's FSQ106.

cheers
Allan

Why not. I borrow his finderscope all the time.

Originally Posted by multiweb

I like the colours you've got.

Thanks Marc.