I wish I could have got more data but the clouds rolled in at 1.30am.
2 hours total integration time.
3 x 10 minute Ha blended as Luminance 50% binned 1x1.
9 x 5 minute Luminance blended 50% binned 1x1.
3 x 5 minutes each of RGB binned 2x2.
Taken 28th Feb 2014.
FWHM of Ha = 2.2 arc seconds -
excellent seeing for Melbourne.
Location - outer suburb of Melbourne.
8" f6 Newt, NEQ6 modified mount, QHY9 mono camera.
Astronomik 2" CLS-CCD filter in front of all 2" filters.
PHD guiding with Lodestar & TS9 OAG, Baader RCC coma corrector,
DSS, FITS Liberator, PS CS5 Ftswork4.
Larger version on flickr - 1,920px × 1,453px, 2.1 MByte.
see here & please wait a few minutes for it to load:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2471943...n/photostream/
All comments welcome.
Edit - picture changed to a version with more blue