Ngc 2002

oska (John) · #1 07-03-2023, 02:27 PM

Over the previous weeks I've grabbed whatever I could on NGC 2002. Some (many) nights I only got less than an hour. So basically an epic struggle of 'Man vs the Old Gods and the Elements', a saga as old as time itself, you know clouds.
No filters, no fancy palettes, just roll out, align and hit continue in NINA. Love that girl.

Thanks V for the nudge to do something different

Reducing and jpg'n murdered it:
https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/143682

EON85 F/5 (0.8x)
ASI2600MC -10C 100g 50o
EQ6R + NINA

10hrs of 300s

Tips, tricks and criticism most welcome.

Kuz · #2 07-03-2023, 04:15 PM

Nice wide view image John. I can't wait to get a couple of full clear nights here in central Queensland and get out under the stars

oska (John) · #3 07-03-2023, 05:39 PM

Cheers Kuz.

AstroViking (Steve) · #4 07-03-2023, 10:41 PM

That looks like an explosion in some sort of cake factory, with great blobs of strawberry mousse flying everywhere. Great image and excellent colours.

No worries at all! There are plenty of (semi) obscure targets out there to choose from. It's just a matter of those confounded clouds leaving us alone...

Cheers,
V

oska (John) · #5 08-03-2023, 12:20 AM

Cheers V, and now you've made me hungry

Dave882 (David) · #6 08-03-2023, 05:57 PM

Great pic!
That telescopius site looks interesting I might look into that for sharing some images in future…

oska (John) · #7 08-03-2023, 09:26 PM

Cheers Dave. The sharing part is secondary. I use it for target planning ("targets" up the top of the page), it's great IMHO and it's a cute vanity to have your images show up in the examples of objects

it also lets you put in your scope and camera details and get a framing approximation, kinda like the stellarium plugin.

Doogs38 (Alex) · #8 09-03-2023, 09:54 PM

Great image John - I'm always a sucker for wide FOV images and that's beautifully framed. There are so many things in the full size image for eyes to rummage around in. Alex

AstroViking (Steve) · #9 09-03-2023, 10:03 PM

No worries at all!

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Originally Posted by oska

Cheers V, and now you've made me hungry

oska (John) · #10 09-03-2023, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Doogs38

Great image John - I'm always a sucker for wide FOV images and that's beautifully framed. There are so many things in the full size image for eyes to rummage around in. Alex

Cheers mate, absolutely, the magellanic clouds are a gold mine if you're after wonder

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Originally Posted by AstroViking

No worries at all!

The dog said someone was giving me cheek about only shooting pretty nebula so she suggested shooting a star cluster