NGC7023 Iris Nebula

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Comment by Rich Bowden on June 3, 2011 at 6:49pm

Very nice image Neil!
Has all the boxes checked and some nice dust coming through as well.
Good to see what the Vixen 103ED can do.. looks like a winner!

Rich

Comment by Conor on June 3, 2011 at 12:34pm

That's a beauty. Fantastic shot man; 5 stars from me.

Comment by Trevor Woodrow on June 3, 2011 at 11:16am

oh, is that all? "Only"...yeah, you should just throw that data away, lol!

Comment by Neil Heacock on June 3, 2011 at 10:45am

Thanks guys. Yes, dark nebulae and reflection nebulae don't require a modded camera because there is little to no red in them. The modded camera is only helpful if the target has red in it.

I typically use my wide field (lenses) and my telescope imaging systems at the same time. I have a modded cam and a stock cam (both (1000D's). I try to organize my imaging session so I'm shooting one target that doesn't require the mod and another target that does and I swap cameras between the systems.

In this case, I shot this wide field target while I shot the Iris:
http://astrogab.ning.com/photo/m8-and-m20

 

Unfortunately, I was having trouble with the wide field system and only got 1 hour on this M8/M20 wide field for a 4 hour shot of the Iris... waaaaaaaaaa.

Comment by Trevor Woodrow on June 3, 2011 at 9:04am

Neil, you are rapidly becoming one of my favorite on here. Great grab...unmod'd camera? Wow. Love the dark nebs in this. Well done.

Comment by spike77 on June 3, 2011 at 1:16am

nice piuc neil one of the best i have seen of this 5 stars big daddy