Helix 4.1 hours in HA

[tornado33]

Hi
Last night finally got to get under the stars again. Did my longest ever astrophoto, 4.1 hours on the Helix Neb in 7 Nm Ha. The skies were very milky so no point in broadband imaging.
25x10 mins ISO 800, Baader 7Nm Ha filter, uv/ir cut filter, 300mm f2.8 flourite lens from Bert. Modded 350D, on a warm night. Image run included a meridian flip.
Scott

[Prickly]

Superb image Scott.

Very sharp and amazing detail for 300mm focal length

Great effort too considering the various obstacles you had to overcome.

David

[Ric]

Wonderful image Scott.

Very sharp and I like that hanging in space feel about it.

Cheers

[AlexN]

looks awesome in Ha... That sure would have been a long night... 25x10min subs :eyepop:

Well done Scott..

[Bassnut]

Wow, very nice Scott, its hard with a DSLR, specially Ha. Good detail and sharp as. Good neb extention too.

[theodog]

Nice image Scott.
Good detail in the outer loop.
Remote guided?
Well done.

[tornado33]

Thanks all
Hand guided using Qguider cam and laptop alongside the mount, much easier then looking down the guidescope
Scott

[h0ughy]

awesome job mate

[Hagar]

Lovely image with loads of detail and a nice focus. Still don't know if I like Ha image. Always looks like someone forgot to turn the colour on.
Nice clean image. Well done.

[winensky]

Love the detail in the nebula!

[strongmanmike]

Looks like a pepermint Life Saver :P

Mike