Free Range Chicken

[Retrograde]

Hi all - this is my second image with the (still not fully tuned in) Esprit 80.

The wide-field of this scope allows the whole of this large object to be imaged and I was able able to include both the planetary nebula PK 294-00 1 and the nearby star cluster NGC 3766.
IC 2944 imaged here in HOO (Antlia ALPT filter) with RGB stars (Optolong L-Pro filter) from Bortle 7 skies. I would've liked more data on this but the weather has other ideas so it'll have to do for now.

Higher Res version available here: Astrobin IC2944 (https://www.astrobin.com/xqkld2/)

Comments & CC welcome as always. :)

[strongmanmike]

A nice result Pete, loving PK 294-00.1, it really stands out :thumbsup:

Mike

[Dave882]

Great stuff! So glad you managed to fit both the PN and cluster in they really add to the scene!

[gregbradley]

I like that image a lot.

Greg.

[Ryderscope]

That’s a good set up there Pete and it’s nice to be able to grab the whole object in the one field. A great result :thumbsup:

[Startrek]

Excellent result Peter
Nicely framed and processed
For only 2 hours the image resolution is really clean under B7 skies ( with no moon around helps too I suppose )
Well done !!

Martin

[Retrograde]

Thanks Mike - even some hints of detail in it despite it's diminutive size (68" across) & the scope's short focal length.



Thanks Dave! I decided not to suppress the stars too much as the star field in this region is pretty impressive.



Thanks Greg - much appreciated. :)



Thanks Rodney!
I thought long and hard about what focal length I wanted for a wide-field imaging scope and decided 400mm was just right (for an APSC sensor at least). Still a bit of fine-tuning to be done with this setup but it's not too far away.



Thanks Martin! Yep - further integration would surely help firm up some of the finer details but I'm happy with it for just over 2 hours. It's nice to be imaging at f5 (vs f6.5 of the scope it's effectively replacing). I've still got some fine-tuning to do in terms of backfocus & tilt so the setup is still a work in progress.

[Bart]

Very nice, mate! Great wide field. :):thumbsup:

[Retrograde]

Thanks Gray!

[AlexN]

Really nice! Including the open cluster in the frame was a great decision! really nice!

[Retrograde]

Thanks Alex!