NGC 460 in Ha

[winensky]

This one was taken last week on a very windy night with a nearly full moon. Seeing was hiddeous but at least it was clear. It contains NGC 456,465 and 460 in the SMC. I thought I would have enough data at about 70 x 1min but it really needs three or four times this much as I had no end of trouble processing this one. Probably a bit ambitious but here it is.

[seeker372011]

its also a bit low in the sky but yes 7 x 10 minute subs would be better..but still thats not a bad result, given the horrible conditions

[leon]

I agree given the times you describe you have done pretty well Matt, have to admit though our weather has been fairly poor of late. :sadeyes:

My lot from last night are in the bin, realized at the end of the night that one of my dew heater straps became unpluged some how, :shrug: and the lens of the scope was fogged up all night while i was imaging, pretty poor result. :whistle:

Leon :thumbsup:

[Ric]

Hi Matt, everything looks nice and sharp. what bandwidth Ha filter were you using?

[winensky]

Thanks for all your interest. Yes Leon, given the conditions I probably should have left this one in the circular archive. Would love to shoot longer exposures seeker but no guiding yet and despite having sorted my alignment I have a wobble in the RA axis that is causing double star images in about half of my subs. Ric, the filter is a standard Astronomik H alpha 656nm with a bandpass of 13nm.