IC 1805 in windy conditions

[Paramount]

Hi
I took this image of the Heart nebula in Ha a few weeks ago on a relatively clear night but in quite windy conditions, ie strong gusts every few minutes. I was initially concerned that the images would come out blurred but I was delighted when they started to download and saw that the Paramount took it in its stride, I managed 18 x 10 minute subframes before the subject got too low in the sky.

http://www.imagingtheheavens.co.uk/USERIMAGES/IC1805Ha.jpg

Thanks for looking
Regards
Gordon
:)

[glenc]

Gordon thanks for posting a great image.
Have you seen IC 1805 visually?

[Paramount]

Hi Glenc
Where I live I don't stand a cat in hells chance of seeing most of the deep sky objects even with filters and my 14" SCT, the only DSO's I can see with that are M42, M27, M57, M31, Saturn nebula and some of the brighter globulars which is why I favour emission line. Luckily I find the pointing accuracy so good on the Paramount the object I want to image is always centre or thereabouts on the chip and very little adjustments if any are necessary and they usually only involve a little tweek to get the framing just right.
Best wishes
Gordon

[leon]

Gordon, that is a great image indeed, I love that B/W effect, nice and crisp and clean, well done.

Leon