These two captured last night..
M8 - 8x1200 sec - 7nm Ha
IC434 - 8x1200 sec - 7nm Ha (3 of these captured last saturday night)
M8 could probably do with another 3 of 4 exposures.. Unfortunately I only noticed I could easily fit M20 into the field as well after 3x1200 sec subs were already shot.. I didn't want to go changing the composure after 1hr worth of imaging.. Next time I shoot this area I'll be sure to include both targets!
IC434.. well It could probably do with another 8~10 20min subs to pull out all the really faint dusty stuff.. Im sensing a project coming on with this one.. Its starting to take my fancy..
On another note, I got a new extension tube during the week to give me the correct spacing between the CCD and the MPCC, so now the field is FAIRLY flat.. there is still an element of curvature in full resolution, but you really have to look for it to spot it.. in the small pics, she's real real flat!
Well.. I've not slept in a good 26 hours.. So I'm off to crash for a while..
Thanks for looking!!
Alex.
ps. I also shot 23x300sec subs of NGC300 in colour to fill in the time between when M8 got too low and IC434 got high enough.. Its going to be a real bugger to process though thanks to local light pollution.. that will come after some sleep!
