[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

Originally Posted by kosborn

Looks good! I'm surprised how few examples of this target there are (which makes it a good target to choose). I'm in the middle of acquiring the same object using an ASI2600mc and an f/5 Newtonian. I have 4 hours so far and it's still very noisy so I guess it's a target that needs lots of time to do it justice.

Thanks. Good luck with your image. Yes, it is quite faint. I tried it a few years ago from the suburbs and gave up! I'd wanted more dark sky data than I got as with under 9 hours total it is still noisy.

Originally Posted by AdamJL

That doesn't look good, it looks fantastic. What a stunning shot, so much depth.
Thank you for sharing

Thanks Adam.

Originally Posted by multiweb

The field and res looks real good Paul.
To answer why it is not often imaged I reckon because it's hard to image. It's far too faint. Especially at that FL too. Although it's still noisy I'm surprised you've got that much for the integration time.

Thanks Marc. Yes agreed - it is a tricky sucker!

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Lovely image Paul.

Greg.

Thanks Greg.

Originally Posted by Placidus

A superb interpretation. The colour is particularly fine. Ok, so is the contrast, and the detail.



I once had a go, a million years ago, and made a mess. You've said the magic words, "Reflection nebula". We'll have another go in Spring.


Mike

Very kind, Mike. I will be sure to try to add some more data to it myself in the spring too.