IC4628 from the suburbs of Brisbane...

[cybereye (Mario)]

Hello all!

Well last night was a complete reversal to the last time I tried to image. Everything worked like a charm and I managed to image IC4628, the Prawn Nebula.

Now because of where I set up in the backyard, I only get about 3 hours to image this nebula as it rises and sets above the house which is to my south. So the image which I've attached is 20 x 5 minute subs using my RC8.

I've done very little cropping on this image and I note some elongation of the stars in the top right hand corner. From my limited knowledge of RC scopes, I'm thinking that the primary collimation may be slightly off or perhaps that this is just a feature of the imaging plane. Either way I'm happy to just live with it and crop when necessary.

Anyway, here is IC4628, the Prawn Nebula...

Cheers,
Mario

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Good result, Mario

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Nice. I wondered which animal this was. I've only ever known it as IC4628.

Was this taken with the QHY8L Mario?

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

fantastic result Mario!!
well done!

Rusty

[astronobob (Bob)]

Very nice capture Mario, good colour and very smooth, great job

[cybereye (Mario)]

Originally Posted by Larryp

Good result, Mario

Thanks Laurie - you're always one of the first to comment and your thoughts are well received!

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Nice. I wondered which animal this was. I've only ever known it as IC4628.

Was this taken with the QHY8L Mario?

Thanks Kevin - yes it was taken using the QHY8L. A great little camera and certainly gives bang for your hard-earned bucks!

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

fantastic result Mario!!
well done!

Rusty

Thanks Rusty - I try to do my best!

Originally Posted by astronobob

Very nice capture Mario, good colour and very smooth, great job

Thanks Bob! Smooth... noise is my constant companion so sometimes I need to use some little techniques to help it on its way!