B302 The Forgotten Pond.

[bmitchell82 (Brendan)]

I was unsure if anything was even salvageable out of this image as when i awoke from my hour and a bit slumber the dreaded eeepc update blue screen had struck and it was sitting out with my mount sharing a cuppa tea... grrrr.

At that stage i was too stuffed so i just parked the mount and went to sleep.

Thankfully there it had gone for a while before BSDing!

here is the link

1.5hrs 900 Sec -30 deg darks subtracted.
(located below the Lagoon nebula)

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Very nice Brendan, lovely resolution, the dark nebula looks just like an ink jet black snake on the gas Perhaps a bit longer exposure would help to reduce the noise left, however it is already a very nice image!

Clear skies
Marco

[multiweb (Marc)]

Sub zero cool mate. Sub zero....

[gregbradley]

That's a ripper Brendan.

Greg.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Great result Brendan, and amazing how it looks very similar to the Snake nebula. Nice to see something different, are you planning a colour version?

[Peter.M]

This was one of my targets on the list to do from Paul Haese's site next new moon, I love the beautiful reflections around the 2 bright stars in the sea of emmission nebula.

[TrevorW]

Brendan, interesting object nicely processed but the star flaring detracts me a bit, whats causing that?

[bmitchell82 (Brendan)]

Originally Posted by marco

Very nice Brendan, lovely resolution, the dark nebula looks just like an ink jet black snake on the gas Perhaps a bit longer exposure would help to reduce the noise left, however it is already a very nice image!

Clear skies
Marco

Thanks Marco, I hear you about the noise, I think that 900 second photos are good enough for time as 1200 may just be pushing it a little too far. with only 6 sub exposures I would be more inclined to take another 6 first

Originally Posted by multiweb

Sub zero cool mate. Sub zero....

Thanks Marc. Its taken a long time to get the 254 singing if you remember back to the issues i had with it.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a ripper Brendan.

Greg.

Thanks Greg

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Great result Brendan, and amazing how it looks very similar to the Snake nebula. Nice to see something different, are you planning a colour version?

hahaha The main body of the snake nebula only just fits in my FOV I did it last year but would like to do it again properly this year. As for a colour version Both of these I would like to instil colour in if the astro over lords are kind to me this month.

Originally Posted by Peter.M

This was one of my targets on the list to do from Paul Haese's site next new moon, I love the beautiful reflections around the 2 bright stars in the sea of emission nebula.

Yep there are some lovely things in here. a very forgotten pond as the lagoon takes the lime light! There are so many objects like this, just off the main field but i think are far more interesting!

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Brendan, interesting object nicely processed but the star flaring detracts me a bit, whats causing that?

Thanks Trev, The reflections are coming off the back of the MPCC I believe, as i have seen them with the 40D as well as the QHY9. Its a combination that i have 4 reflective serfaces, MPCC, Filter, Nose Glass, Cover slip and then the CCD. They don't really bother me and only start really showing near the end of the processing stream.