Funkey Lobster

[Flugel88]

Lots of firsts for me this one.
First image in my new backyard.
First Narrow band image.
First Time I've mapped in Hubble palette.

I had 15 subs of this taken at 20mins from 2 weeks ago but on Sunday i accidentally set my camera to 30 min subs.
When i came out to check my gear i was blown away how much more detail was dug out with Hydrogen Alpha :eyepop:.
I discarded my 20 min subs as they added nothing to the image and went with the 30 min subs.
Unfortunately i only managed to get 2 of each filter.

The centre of the diffuse nebula turned out a little over cooked when i mapped in Hubble palette but i liked to colour so much i just left it.

http://www.astrobin.com/189479/


12nm HA 1800 x2
12nm SII 1800 x2
12nm OII 1800 x2
No darks flats or bias

Meade LXD75 SN8
Atik 383

Processed in CCD stacker and PS.

[Somnium]

great work getting 30 min subs and still maintaining pinpoint stars, you must have had perfect polar alignment. breaking new ground!

[Robert9]

Great result Michael. Purely as a matter of interest, is there any chance of seeing the results from each filter individually?
Robert

[Dealy]

Very nice.

Great results so far. Look forward to seeing the finished image.

Kev

[dylan_odonnell]

Fantastic! That middle bit look at little overblown but the detail in the rest is outstanding!