ngc 2035 near the LMC

[tornado33]

Hi all
Got NGC 2035, a small nebula near the LMC. I saw it stand out in my shot through Bert's lens a few weeks back and it looked greenish, making it stand out.
3x20 mins ISO 400, uv/ir and UHC-S filters 10 inch f5.6 newtonian, modded 350D camera. Set up scope then went to bed, got up at 2 am to get the image. Seeing wasnt that good, guidestar was jumping around despite having the scope fan on. Hand guided.
Scott

[iceman]

Wow, incredible image given the conditions. Very nice Scott.

[h0ughy]

sorry i dropped in last night Scott when you were at SFS meeting, I forgot. Glad you got this one though!

[avandonk]

Very nice Scott. I got Registar to show me where it was in relation to the LMC. here is a pic.

Bert

[tornado33]

Thanks.
Yep thats it Bert.
Next time I will do the tarantula neb itself.
Scott

[Striker]

Thanks Scott and Bert showing us it's relative position

Wow 20 minute exposures......how anyone can look through an eyepiece guiding for 20minutes at a time deserves more then just an award.

1 little slip up and thats 20 minutes wasted.

great stuff Scott

[RB]

Amazing result Scott.
Absolutely love it.

[Lee]

That's what I was thinking! You must have the concentration of a shaolin monk... and at 2am!

[h0ughy]

He has that quality Lee, and he chants too:P - "photons, more photons , I must have more photons" :D in a monotonic resonance!:lol:

But he does like some company to talk to as well, gets lonely out there at 2 in the morning, and share the excitement of captured photons!:thumbsup:

[astroboy]

Good one Scott
And good luck with the book of "Zen and the art of manual guiding ":D
Thought I would add a shot taken here by a guest with the ST2000 and 10" F3.5 a while back we called NGC2035 the Homer Simpson Nebula , but that could have been the port talking:P

Zane

[tornado33]

Thanks all. Yes Ive got used to staring at the guidestar, while listening to the late night or early morning sounds of the neighbourhood, the odd owl, sometimes a catfight, and trucks rumbling along the roads in the distance. I can often turn away for a few seconds and blink my eyes and have a stretch.

Many moons ago at a dark site in the old days of film I manually guided a 50mm f4.5 shot using ISO 25 print film, total time, 2 hours, one shot. Though, at least at 50mm it wasnt that demanding in accuracy.
Im thinking of that starchair that Houghy has, its height can be set to a comfortable level at the eyepiece.
Usually once or twice in the night mum brings down a coffee for me before she goes to bed, sipping on that whilst guiding is great. I even have the cordless phone and ive taken calls and chatted to mates whilst guiding away lol.

Homer Simpson Nebua.. I like that lol
Scott

[richardo]

That's a really quite well done there Scott:thumbsup:
HII areas have come out well with fairly consistant colour to represent this.
The reflection Neb adjoined into the small bubble area is definately an eye catcher in the image.
If anything, these areas are a little blown out.
Besides that, your hard work and eye strain has won you a very good image.



Cheers
Rich