Tricky one! Taken from Singleton, NSW.
RCX400 14" with 0.75 AP reducer (working at F6.1).
LRBG: 240:230:180:180. 10 min subs.
HaOiii 4.5 and 4 hours. 15 min subs.
I struggled to bring out the ray while controlling the noise.
I hope you like it,
Enrique
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Great job on this difficult target, I imaged this few years ago and found the main v fairly easy but the faint streamers a difficult challenge to get. Well done.
Clear skies Ken.
It was images like these years ago that fired my fascination with astronomy. I remember looking at the filamentous Veil Nebula photos and just dreaming...
Thank you all for your kind comments. Regarding John's question:
I have spent a lot of time, and still do, polar aligning the telescope. I checked it frequently. I am getting to the point that the correction required is smaller that the effect caused by tightening the screws.....I am now slowly tightening the screws in parallel with two allen keys simultaneously hopping that the reference star does not move.
I also use off axis guiding with the camera (SX Lodestar) as close as possible to the main camera chip. I can do better in this regard but I need some adapters.
