Another Chook.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Last night I gave my new FF a run on the ED80. Worked beautifuly. I have to tweak the spacing but I got a very significant improvement on the original field. The night was very good. Dry no wind and good seeing so I left the scope pointing south and kept shooting.

This is one of the DSO I targeted. IC2948 in Ha 20x5min with the QHY8 on an Orion ED80+ WO Type IV field flattener. Guided with PHD/QHY5 on G11. Bit noisy still. Warmish night and you always need more data . The ED80 with this FF will be good on the field in dark sites to do RGB mosaics. Doesn't catch enough light in narrowband from home. I use the hyperstar for this.

There's a full frame uncropped here showing the full extent of the corrected field. Thanks for looking.

[AlexN]

Very nice Marc...

I love this area in Ha or NB colours... Its an amazing, and largely overlooked area of the sky...

Its funny, until the Malin awards last year I'd not seen many (if any) images of the area, but since Martin Pugh's stunning SHO image of the area , this year the target seems quite popular in Ha, SHO and HaRGB... Good stuff indeed!

[Lester]

That's a good meaty bird right there. Thanks for the view Marc.

[TrevorW]

Thas a very detailed fine image must be happy with the new field flattenner what filter are you using with the QHY8 for NB

Cheers

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by AlexN

Very nice Marc...

I love this area in Ha or NB colours... Its an amazing, and largely overlooked area of the sky...

Its funny, until the Malin awards last year I'd not seen many (if any) images of the area, but since Martin Pugh's stunning SHO image of the area , this year the target seems quite popular in Ha, SHO and HaRGB... Good stuff indeed!

Thanks Alex. Yes it does come up real good in the hubble palette and both RGB.

Originally Posted by Lester

That's a good meaty bird right there. Thanks for the view Marc.

Thanks Lester - Chicken tonight

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Thas a very detailed fine image must be happy with the new field flattenner what filter are you using with the QHY8 for NB

Cheers

Thanks Trev. Yeah the FF's ok . Just needs tweaking now. I use the Baader 7nm Ha filter. Got the whole baader set now, Sii & Oiii.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

That's great. Please tell me I've finally figured out what the "chicken" is - that dark patch bottom right? It's smaller than I imagined.

So you're happy with the flattener? Looks good to me.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Marc, great FOV! everything else works too! top shot

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by troypiggo

That's great. Please tell me I've finally figured out what the "chicken" is - that dark patch bottom right? It's smaller than I imagined.

So you're happy with the flattener? Looks good to me.

Thanks Troy. Yeah very happy with the FF. I've attached the chook (as I see it anyway)

Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

Marc, great FOV! everything else works too! top shot

Thanks Paul. The FF was a good complement to the scope.

[Tom Davis (Tom)]

Good one!

Tom

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Tom Davis

Good one!

Tom

Thanks Tom - glad you liked it.

[telecasterguru (Frank)]

Marc,

That is a very good capture. The ED80 is coming out of the cupboard.

Frank

[monoxide]

wow thats nice for 5 min subs, the qhy8 seems to pick up Ha quite well

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Nice shot Marc isnt it called the running chicken nebula and to me that dark patch to the lower right looks like a chook ,or maybe just my imagination.
Cheers ALAN

[Jen]

nice soft looking chook ya got there Marc

[zipdrive (Dave)]

mmmmm...chicken...yum....

Well done!!

I still see no chicken ... but the large globule looked like Australia to me though..

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by telecasterguru

Marc,

That is a very good capture. The ED80 is coming out of the cupboard.

Frank

Thanks Frank. Yes, had to get rid of the cobwebs

Originally Posted by monoxide

wow thats nice for 5 min subs, the qhy8 seems to pick up Ha quite well

Thanks Tj. Yeah it does work well in Ha and Oiii. Sii is a bit of a drag.

Originally Posted by alan meehan

Nice shot Marc isnt it called the running chicken nebula and to me that dark patch to the lower right looks like a chook ,or maybe just my imagination.
Cheers ALAN

Thanks Allan. Yes I think it is. You're right too. That's two chickens for the price of one then. And there's also a grey rabbit right at the bottom.

Originally Posted by Jen

nice soft looking chook ya got there Marc

Thanks Jen.

Originally Posted by zipdrive

mmmmm...chicken...yum....

Well done!!

I still see no chicken ... but the large globule looked like Australia to me though..

Thanks Dave. It does too. If I focused right I could have picked up Tasmania you reckon?

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Thats pretty special Marc,

And impressive if you are getting that from Hinchinbrook.

Well done....

Cheers

Chris

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Screwdriverone

Thats pretty special Marc,

And impressive if you are getting that from Hinchinbrook.

Well done....

Cheers

Chris

Thanks Chris. The seeing was good that night and transparency ok. Some now and then I get a good night like that.

[danielsun]

That's a beautiful image there Marc and the full frame uncropped version really shows it.

Very nice work!

Cheers Daniel.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by danielsun

That's a beautiful image there Marc and the full frame uncropped version really shows it.

Very nice work!

Cheers Daniel.

Thanks for the kind comments Daniel. Much appreciated.