First attempt at imaging since the new floor was completed in the Observatory.
Focused by hand as the electric focuser is currently not working – hence not quite in focus.
This is a 7×5 minute stacked image taken through a Hydrogen Alpha filter. Telescope being a Takahashi Epsilon 180ED at f/2.8. (A brute to manually focus!) Camera; Atik 4021, cooled to -27 degrees. Guiding by PHD and all sitting on a modded EQ6.
Also an image of IC1318, the diffuse Hydrogen Alpha emission nebula surrounding ‘Sadr’ (upper right), the 2.2 mag star at the ‘heart’ of Cygnus the Swan.
Geoff
Thanks Rob. Hope to get more data on these once I’ve sorted the focus issue,
Geoff
Brilliant! I really love the textures in the Crescent picture.