NGC 456 in the SMC (Inagalaxia Faraway)

[Addos]

Sits away from the core of the SMC and is incredibly faint.

HaHOORGB combo

Ha ~ 25hrs
Oiii ~ 14hrs
RGB ~ 1hr


Managed to get the eq6 to pull around half the Ha as 15 min subs to help with the fainter stuff - thanks to two nights of near perfect seeing, and hitting the balance and guide settings lottery at the same time. Not only did it do it, I got lower average FWHM than the 10 min subs. Goes to show how big an impact seeing has on your guiding!


Higher res here :) https://www.astrobin.com/k8huyj/

[Ryderscope]

Very faint indeed and an object well worth visiting Adam. Good to see some colourful narrowband work around the Magellanic Clouds :D I'm impressed with how it fills the field of view with the 120mm refractor. Thanks for sharing :thumbsup:

[Dave882]

Wow that’s some incredible detail for such a faint object. Nice framing too. Stunning shot!

[Addos]

Thanks Rodney! Intensities on the nb chans before integ was something I played with processing this one and very happy with the varying gradients in the colours I got from a HOO blend.

Full disclosure, this is a 3/4 crop of the full frame :) Thankfully the 2600 with 840mm gives me a pixel scale that with the outstanding work the eq6 has been doing means I'm not having to pay much of a resolution price for cropping the odd image :)



Thank you Dave! A very faint target indeed and I'll be rethinking going after more outlier nebulas in the SMC before I finally spring for a big fast newt :P Thanks again!