Hello everyone,
Back in 2009, I shot IC426 (http://skiesbyafrica.com/Nebulae/IC426.html). This target was actually a "second choice"; I had recently found out back then about IC 423 and IC 424 in a post where it was described as a "mother Orca and her pup". That description charmed me so much I *knew* I had to shoot that target. However, the equipment I used didn't allow me to shoot that target effectively, and I went for IC 426 instead, which was in many ways still fortunate as that object was (and still is) not imaged often.
Fast forward 6 years, and I finally had a combination of equipment that allowed me to shoot IC 423 and IC 424 (which are in a similar region of sky as IC 426) once and for all:
http://skiesbyafrica.com/Nebulae/IC423.html
Larger image:
http://skiesbyafrica.com/Nebulae/Images/IC423/IC423_2015.jpg
I actually shot these targets early in 2015, and only recently started to process them. So here they are finally, seven years after I first heard of these targets.
There was a bright glare from Mintaka at the lower right edge of the original data, which I managed to tame, though I wonder if some of that is actual nebulosity. I didn't remove the other artifacts around the two objects, in case those are actual faint nebulae as well.
Enjoy,
Eric
Back in 2009, I shot IC426 (http://skiesbyafrica.com/Nebulae/IC426.html). This target was actually a "second choice"; I had recently found out back then about IC 423 and IC 424 in a post where it was described as a "mother Orca and her pup". That description charmed me so much I *knew* I had to shoot that target. However, the equipment I used didn't allow me to shoot that target effectively, and I went for IC 426 instead, which was in many ways still fortunate as that object was (and still is) not imaged often.
Fast forward 6 years, and I finally had a combination of equipment that allowed me to shoot IC 423 and IC 424 (which are in a similar region of sky as IC 426) once and for all:
http://skiesbyafrica.com/Nebulae/IC423.html
Larger image:
http://skiesbyafrica.com/Nebulae/Images/IC423/IC423_2015.jpg
I actually shot these targets early in 2015, and only recently started to process them. So here they are finally, seven years after I first heard of these targets.
There was a bright glare from Mintaka at the lower right edge of the original data, which I managed to tame, though I wonder if some of that is actual nebulosity. I didn't remove the other artifacts around the two objects, in case those are actual faint nebulae as well.
Enjoy,
Eric
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