Right the stablisers come off. I have stopped taking the easy option and doing the Ha binned 2x2. This is my first unbinned Ha image. This is part of IC410 in Auriga. Also listed as NGC 1893. A particularly interesting region with two "tadpoles" swimming towards the inky black eye. There is a lot
There is not much light to go around at this image scale (1.3 "/p) with an Ha filter in front of the camera, so long exposures are the order of the day. Ideally I'd be doing 20 or 30 minute subs, but that puts a lot of stress on both observer and guiding, so I stuck to 10 minute subs and stacked a fair few. 17x600s total integration time nearly 3 hours.
A am pretty pleased at how this turned out, as it as a bit dimmer than I was expecting!
Captured in ArtemisCapture, calibrated in ImagetoolsCa, DDP in maxim, thuggery in photoshop.
This image was autoguided using my 400mm focal length refractor and my black and white SC1 webcam.
Current Imaging equipment configuration
Exposure Details :
Coma Corrector Ha 17x600s on 200mm @ F5 with ART285
