With the Sydney forecast showing nothing but rain, ClearOutside provided a glimmer of hope telling me I had 3hrs of decent sky on Sunday before it all went bad. I still had the Hyperstar hooked up to the c14 from capturing C-2017 K2 & M10 so decided to have a crack at some widefield fun! A filter was a must due to the moon coming up so picked the IDAS NBZ.
Starting with 2.5hrs on m8 (few cloudy breaks in between) , the clouds arrived in force, but half an hour later it was clear again so I nudged across to NGC6559 & IC1274/5. 2hrs later it was some patchy cloud but being an optimist I kept going and pushed over to m20. I left it running while I went to bed and was pleased to end up by the end of the night approx 5.5hrs split over the 3 targets.
I decided to try and put them together as a mosaic to detail the complex connectivity of all these objects. As this was an afterthought (never thought I’d get more than 1 target that night) I began to realise this really needed 4 panels- but what the heck- gotta make make the most of what we got! Who said pictures have got to be rectangular?!?
APP did the grunt work but needed some extra processing in PS/LR to get control of the bright core in m8 and the thick star field. I think I got the Hyperstar spacing much better this time but still one corner is out of whack and it shows in a few places.
To do this one any justice...
heres the bigger version
C14 HYPERSTAR
Eq8 Pro
asi2600mc Pro
Orion 50mm guide scope & asi290mm
IDAS NBZ filter
322 x 60sec subs split over the 3 panels
Shot B6/7 under lots of moonlight
ASIAIR PRO APP PS LR
Thanks for coming for a look!