Thor's Helmet NGC2359

[cometcatcher]

NGC2359 Thor's Helmet Nebula.
Capture details: GSO 10" F4 Newtonian, Box Brownie camera..... er I mean modified Canon 1100D, Baader and Astronomik CLS filters, 584 x 30 seconds unguided, HEQ5-Pro. Taken over three nights through gaps in the clouds, of which there were many. Clouds I mean. Lost more than 50% of subs to them. And satellites. Never seen so many LGM crossing the field. :ship1:

[h0ughy]

awesome helmet!

[Atmos]

Still a fantastic result to end up with!

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Dave and Colin! I wasn't sure what I would end up with as this is the first time ever I've tried to image it.

[atalas]

Love Thor's Helmet ! fine work Kevin:thumbsup:

[Camelopardalis]

What a beauty Kevin :thumbsup: loving the 1100D by the looks of it ;)

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Louie and Dunk! The 1100D is doing a good job with summer nebula. Just need more cloud free sky time to give it a good test.

[Andy01]

Looks good Kevin - Have you got a higher res version to share with us?

[cometcatcher]

Sorry Andy, not yet. I haven't paid my sub to Astrobin this year so have nowhere to upload them. Have to stick to the 200k limit here.

[strongmanmike]

Nice one Kevin :thumbsup:

Mike

[andyc]

Very nice indeed Kevin! I would've thought that your satellites would have been filtered out in image combination, especially with so many other subs?

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Mike and Andy.
Could probably have left the satellite trails in, but couldn't bring mysslf to do it lol.

[Maurice]

Congrats Kevin.
Looks great in RGB..

cheers
Maurice

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Maurice!

[RickS]

Very nice, Kevin!

[Tony_]

Great Helmet Kevin!

Good to see you're doing some longer exposure time - I might get around to that soon - it sure makes a difference - you've got some great fine detail there.

Tony.

[Omega62]

Hi Kevin
Very Cool, I'm making the leap into imaging and just got a 1100D from gumtree.
I also upgraded to a Celestron CGEM mount with 1100HD scope.
Do you think I should have a go at using Backyard EOS.
I'm going to try imaging Orion when the clouds go away.
Do you have any points for my first attempt :)

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Rick!



Thanks Tony! Longer time is certainly the key for faint stuff. I just wish I could get more clear time.



Thanks Andrew. Everyone swears by backyard EOS, but I haven't used it yet. Don't really need it for short subs.

If you mean the Orion Nebula, it's pretty easy. Remember to take some short subs for the core to blend in.