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seeker372011
13-05-2007, 10:02 PM
Imaged with an ED 80 on a CG5 autoguided mount with a modified Canon 300D and an Astronomik H alpha (13 nm) filter, here is IC 2944/2948

I imaged this object last Saturday( ie 5 May) from my backyard in light polluted Winston Hills-when there was plenty of moon around, but as Scott (tornado33) has shown H alpha filters can overcome bright moonlight and light pollution.


Only just processed...

I didn't get nearly as much exposure as I'd have hoped for-thanks to a lap top that crashed three or four times with resultant data loss so this is only 30 minutes worth at ISO 1600

comments and suggestions welcome.

I will try and combine with some colour data I combined last month by and by.

larger version available at:


http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=496043817&size=o
ballaratdragons
13-05-2007, 10:07 PM
Very nice Narayan, nice and ghostly.

But I still fail to see any running chicken in this neb. I've never been able to see anything that even resembles a chicken.
seeker372011
13-05-2007, 10:14 PM
try "bat nebula" ????:shrug: :shrug: :)
Ric
14-05-2007, 12:38 AM
Fantastic image, I never cease to be amazed and impressed by Ha imaging.

Cheers
iceman
14-05-2007, 05:58 AM
That's amazing Narayan! Very well done!
RB
14-05-2007, 03:10 PM
Wow, you've done a fantastic job Narayan.
That's a beauty.
matt
14-05-2007, 03:12 PM
Me neither, Ken:shrug:

Nice image, anyway.
atalas
14-05-2007, 04:29 PM
Very nice Narayan! flip the vertical and you'll see the running chicken .
Dr Nick
14-05-2007, 04:38 PM
Looks good, I too however can not resemble any part of that to a chicken or a bat... ;)
Dr Nick
14-05-2007, 04:41 PM
Just so I dont look completely silly, I might point out that mine and Louies
most recent posts were made at the same time.
Now just to hang up-side-down from the ceiling...

Oo, I think I see it! ;)
tornado33
14-05-2007, 10:57 PM
yes thats very impressive, I can clearly see the Thackarays Globules, dark spots in the nebula. Yes the H alpha filters are amazing for cutting through light pollution.
Scott
seeker372011
14-05-2007, 11:19 PM
yes I have been fascinated ever since I came across this famous image which I guess most people are familiar with

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2002/01/image/a/
seeker372011
15-05-2007, 11:23 PM
well I found some RGB data I had collected in March-6 x 400 seconds each at ISO 200 to add to the H alpha data and this is the outcome

a larger version is available at

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=499425950&size=o

your comments and suggestions are most welcome