52 Cygni and part of Veil's Nebula

[shahgazer]

52 Cygni and part of the supernova remains, Veil Nebula

Under unfavourable condition with Moon nearby.

Extreme stretch in order to see the Veil Nebula's filaments

I got the RGB data, but somehow Maxim DL refuses to combine them. So, I ended up with Luminance only.

Image background got gradient as I did not calibrate properly with the correct flats..   

Location: ShahGazer Observatory, Sri Damansara, Malaysia
Date:20 June 2011 + 2 June 2011

Camera: QHY9 Mono with QHY Filter wheel (RGB)
Telescope: SW Equinox 120ED
Mount: EQ6 Pro with EQMOD
Guiding: Orion 80mm and QHY5
Imaging Software: Maxim DL
Processing Software: Maxim DL and PS3
Exposures: L: 4 x 5 mins; L: 4 x 100s. Total about 26 minutes
Calibration: Flats and Darks


Jom belajar: 52 Cygni ialah sebuah bintang berkembar (dalam foto, bintang di tengah-tengah dan paling cerah). Ia terletak di satu penjuru sebuah nebula yang dipanggil Veil Nebula. Nebula ini ialah sebuah bekas letusan bintang atau supernova. Ia terletak di dalam buruj Cygnus di langit utara.



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[mymoon]

wah cantiknya. Also your subs are getting longer. Tahniah.

cheers

[shahgazer]

wah cantiknya. Also your subs are getting longer. Tahniah.

cheers

Tq Pak Aziz,

actually the image is a bit noisy.. susah ooo mau lawan light pollution from KLCC!! plus with Moon somemore!!

Finally, got this confident to try longer subs     .. so far 5 minutes is OK. But weather here can change drastically in just 1/2 hour!   

In fact, I was sleeping throughout the 35 minutes duration of imaging 52 Cygni , only to woke up with clouds staring on my face! Lepas tu bungkus je la.. 

[redzuan]

actually the image is a bit noisy.. susah ooo mau lawan light pollution from KLCC!! plus with Moon somemore!!

A good investment in a H-alpha filter should take that even further. 12nm or less maybe?

I had a feeling this was coming.  Something new to the community.  Tahniah!!!