[Qld Astrofest 2015] IC4633 and IFN

[troypiggo (Troy)]

One of my goals this Astrofest was to capture things I can't capture in an image taken from home, so I decided to go for some integrated flux nebula. This IFN in Apus I found quite interesting with the largish galaxy IC4633 prominent top left (I first noted this target in images by jase and RobF I think - thanks).

Found it very difficult to get the colours right. Seems a bit yellow/orange? I wanted to bring out some blue in IC4633, but perhaps the IFN masks it a bit?

Also soon realised I needed more data to stretch the data any more. Was the best I could do without it soaking up all of my time up at Astrofest.

Full size image here

[multiweb (Marc)]

That looks Epic, Troy. One for the cool wall.

[DavidTrap (David)]

Wow! That looks challenging.

DT

[Atmos (Colin)]

Just looking at it, I can see how LITTLE there is to capture! You picked yourself a very difficult target there.

[lazjen (Chris)]

Are those astrobin details right - 40 x 8 sec shots? If so, that's pretty cool.

Nice image anyway.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Whoopsy. No, it was about 40x8min subs. I'll fix that.

[h0ughy (David)]

holy cosmic dust batman - thats creepy and beautiful

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

A very nice rendition of what is a nebula very dear to my heart

Although more often portrayed a bit brighter and slightly more blue-grey I think the slight darker brown is probably closer to reality.

Mike

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Very impressive Troy. Interesting how the dust appears to originate from the galaxy.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Wow, nice one Troy that sure is faint

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Lovely image Troy, sure looks dim, must have been a challenge to process

Well Done

Geoff

[RobC (Rob)]

Great image Troy. Well done.

Rob

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

awesome stuff Troy

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice work, Troy! Mandel-Wilson 9 is on my list of future targets too.

[RobF (Rob)]

Really nicely done Troy. Would have been a processing challenge, but looks natural rather than overdone. First read about this in a David Malin book from the 80s. Thanks for sharing.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Thanks all. Was very tempted to push it a bit further, but decided to show some restraint. Certainly needs more data before attempting that.