Ngc7000 Starless & re-edit

 Over the last few days I have had the opportunity to use starnet++ and re process the data. More happy with the image now with a star reduction. 

Ngc 7000 Narrowband.

 The Curse of the new gear strikes again.

Yes the weather has not played ball for the last couple of weeks lending credence to the curse of the new gear for us astronomers. I am desperate and stupidly excited to create my first "Hubble Palette" style image using the Optolong Narrowband 36mm filters in the ZWO filter wheel. I did manage to get the filters installed with no issues and had to wait a week to test. All filters are parfocal and using the ZWO EAF "auto focusser" all gave pinpoints stars within 10 focus steps. Sometimes seeing can set the focus point with a difference of up to 30 steps so very happy with that. I first tested the Ha filter on NGC7000 and here is a stack of 12 x 5 minute exposures.

Hydrogen Alpha 7nm Optolong Filter. 12 x 5 minutes

I have imaged this target many times in the past and I am stunned at the quality with a 1 hour stack.

I have had to wait a while longer to image the OIII and S2 filters. 

OIII 7nm Oxygen III Optolong Filter. 18 x 10 Minutes

Sulphur 2 7nm Optolong Filter 18 x 10 Minutes

All Combined in the Hubble Palette RGB image.

Pelican Nebula/ North American Nebula

A favourite summer target has always been the Pelican Nebula IC5070. A wonderful target for us astrophotographers. As technology improves it forces us back for longer exposure, improved guiding building mosaics. But the one thing we always seek is a better image smoother, sharper better contrast. Looking at back at my early images through the DSLR's it's hard to believe we were happy with them. Always seeking those small improvements to create the perfect image.

New and old

Old and new

A mosaic of just 3 images has created this image. My first real attempt at bringing multiple long exposures into one. A total of approx 12 hours in total captured over a couple of weeks.