First light - NGC 6888 in Ha

This is a first light image with the new camera, so was more proof of concept more than anything else. It needs more data and/or longer exposures but has potential. Shot from my back yard in San Diego in less than optimal conditions. Cygnus seemed to be in a magic hole, as the rest of the sky was pretty cloudy. Five minute subs were used to limit the number of discards due to clouds.

You can (barely) see Dave Jurasevichs soap bubble to the right of the Crescent near the bottom of the image. I will add data or redo with longer exposures over the next few days.

Larger version here:
http://cid-90a8de46c8cb4fb6.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Deep%20Space/ngc6888%2019x300%20Ha%20-20C%20ExcAvg-p1-rc%202010.08.03.0932.39.jpg


Optics: TV 85 + 0.8FR
Mount: AP Mach1 GTO
Guide: WO 66, Orion SSAG and PHD
Camera: QSI 583ws, Astrodon 5nm Ha, -20C
Exposure: 19x300
Capture and Processing: ImagesPlus

Regards,
Peter

Attached Image:

>>You can (barely) see Dave Jurasevichs soap bubble to the right of the Crescent near the bottom of the image.>>

Oh yes, it's there! Well done.

Rolando

The link doesn't work for me.

dan

Very nice image Peter... detailed and smooth! I imaged the soap bubble myself a while back and found it to be a pretty elusive object. It showed up best in my OIII frames, but was barely visible in the Ha as well. If you are interested, take a look at this link:

http://71.18.228.62/images/1%20Best%20Soap%20and%20Crescent.jpg

It is in the upper left quadrant of the image.
Cheers,
Tyler

Good "proof of concept". That little bubble is a challenge.