Lobster Nebula (aka War and Peace - 19 minutes!)

[dylan_odonnell (Dylan)]

Only 19 minutes worth of exposure time but I was pleasantly surprised when I stacked the data! Some colour bias due to light spill correction but better than a poke in the eye.

6 x 180s + 1 x 60s / c9.25 / f2 Hyperstar / QHY12 OSC CCD @ -15c / Stacked and Stretched in Nebulosity 4

[Robert9 (Robert)]

You did well Dylan. That's a great boiled lobster.
Robert

[dylan_odonnell (Dylan)]

Haha! Thanks Robert!

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Blimey that's good for 19 minutes!

[pluto (Hugh)]

Nice one Dylan

[dylan_odonnell (Dylan)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Blimey that's good for 19 minutes!

Thanks Kevin! The hyperstar lens is amazing like that.

And thanks Hugh!

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

I'm really struggling with this one at F4 and an unmodified DSLR. I don't have much of it in 50 minutes.

[dylan_odonnell (Dylan)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

I'm really struggling with this one at F4 and an unmodified DSLR. I don't have much of it in 50 minutes.

For some reason it resolves quicker than similar targets like Cats Paw in the same region for me. Feels like a brighter emission.

I had a crack at my first ever narrowband photo last night and got this decent single test frame of the Lobster .. 300 seconds (5 minutes).

Using the colour QHY12 and Baader 2" highspeed f2 tuned Ha 2" filter.

d

[Flugel88 (Michael)]

Pretty nice for 19 minutes Dylan and the f2 gives it a great FOV