Chameleon Cloud.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Hi,
　
This is part of the Chameleon Cloud Complex, quite faint and a real challenge for a DSLR!
This one will end up as a mosaic, didn't quite get IC 2631 in the field. In the field Ced 111 white in colour, Ced 110 blue reflection nebula and GN11.07.3 the small pointed red nebula. The dark nebula is Be 144.
I need more data to smooth this image out, quite surprised there's anything at all with parts of the complex being so faint!

Equipment used.
8” F/4 astrograph , baader type III coma corrector,. HEQ Pro 5 mount, orion mini guider.
Camera.
Unmodded Cannon 1100D, Cooler box.
21 x 8 minute subs ISO 800 , flats and bias frames applied.
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker .Processed in Photoshop 7.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Larryp]

Nice work, Justin-an interesting piece of sky!

[LewisM]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loving that!

I am really one for the dark and blues. Red shmed, give me the blues, blacks and deep colour.

Fantastic. Must try myself, once I get over my obsession with M78

[gregbradley]

Great work. What is the RA and Dec of this object?

Greg.

[cometcatcher]

Never heard of that lot before. Looks very faint!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Laurie!



Thanks Lewis!

Look forward to what you can get from your setup.
Should be good going on how your M78 has come along.



Thanks Greg!

IC 2631 coordinates are RA 11 09 52.79 Dec. -76 36 51.5
Ced 110 lies 1 degree south.




Thanks Kevin!

Yep faint, not too many images of the complex, there's a couple IIS.

Cheers,

Justin.

[LewisM]

CED 110 is:
RA: 11h 06m 16s
Dec: -77° 22' 09"

Got it planned next in the VC200L

[nebulosity.]

Awesome Justin! I have to say, I really love dust clouds :thumbsup: never heard of this before so will have to check it out :D

Your producing amazing images with your setup.

Cheers
Jo

[SimmoW]

Yes lovely dark detail. What brand of scope?

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Lewis & Jo!



Thanks Simon!

It's a bog standard 8" F/4 Bintel branded astrograph.

Cheers,

Justin..

[Ross G]

Great capture Justin.

Ross.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Ross!

Cheers,

Justin.

[Paul Haese]

Mate this is a tough target. Did this a year or so ago and spent endless nights collecting data and in the end I was not happy with the result. I will revisit it another time, so for the time you have collected this is a pretty reasonable result. Some nice detail and colour is looking nice.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Paul!

It's a challenge, that's for sure.
I'm surprised to get this much, dark skies certainly help. My processing has progressed too, wouldn't have been able squeeze this much out a year ago.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Phil Hart]

Nice work chasing a faint target Justin. This area is on my list to explore too.

Phil

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Phil!

Look forward to your rendition.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Geoff45]

Well done Justin. That's a pretty faint object and you've done well to get such a lot of detail.
Geoff

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Geoff!

Always worth a try, especially with the advantage of dark skies.


Cheers,

Justin.