Category: Astro Images
Posted by: Tom How
Last week during my long exposure run on IC63, the nebulosity near gamma Cassiopeiae I took the opportunity to shoot a couple of dozen quick frames of the bright moon with my 350D and Sigma 70-200mm lens

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Category: Astro Images
Posted by: Tom How
Over on the main site you can see the latest image - a rough attempt at creating an RGB image from Ha and OIII data. First light for that jolly OIII filter too! :-)

The Veil nebula is one of the easier supernova remenants to photograph - probably the second easiest after the crab Nebula. Parts of it are extremely bright and easy to capture. However, I think imaging capturing the fainter details are sadly lacking.

IC1340 - Part of the Veil Nebula in Ha and OIII