Cocoon nebula from France

[floastro]

Hello guys,

This is the new project i just finished. The famous Cocoon nebula in the Milky Way located to 4000 light-years.

I used my ASA Astrograph 12" f/3.62 on my Losmandy HGM TITAN Goto mount. The CCD camera is a SBIG ST-10XME.

5 nights have been necessary to capture it.

4 nights for the luminance : 2 nights using one Astrodon clear filter, 2 nights using one Astrodon 6nm H-Alpha filter.

1 night for the RGB exposures.

Total exposure for the luminance : 14h20min.
Total exposure for RGB : 3h30min. (1h10min. for each color frame)

The image has been adjusted on my LaCie 526 art graphic LCD monitor.

The link for the image : http://www.poigetdigitalpics.com/Cocoon_nebula.html


Enjoy,

Florent :)

[iceman]

Incredibly stunning!

Beautiful colours and so smooth!

Great to see you still doing some astroimaging!

[floastro]

Thank you very much Mike :)

I never stopped the Deep Sky imaging. It is also a Great pleasure. And for my visual observations i just purchased one Sky-Watcher Mak150 on its NEQ5 Pro Goto mount with NAGLER and WO UWAN eyepieces.

I am preparing a new project for a next image. Thanks once again.

Warmest Regards,

Florent :)

[gregbradley]

Great shot Florent. Very deep.

Greg.

[multiweb]

:eyepop: An amazing picture Florent with so much deepth and colours. Incroyable! :thumbsup:

[marc4darkskies]

A gorgeous image Florent!

Cheers, Marcus

[Leonardo70]

This a wonderful image of Coocon.
Great job Florent.

All the best,
Leo

[atalas]

Gorgeous work !

[Larryp]

Wow!

[alpal]

Hi Florent,
Beautiful image & lovely tight colourful stars.
Those little galaxies were an extra bonus.

cheers
Allan

[floastro]

Thank you Guys for all your comments. It is also a pleasure. :)

Warmest Regards,

Florent :)

[Paul Haese]

Striking image.

[dvj]

Great scope and a great match to the ST10! high speed, high QE.
Perfect colors too!

j

[Ross G]

A beautiful photo Florent.

Amazing detail and colours.

Ross.