IC405 Flaming Star

It was finally clear (and very cold) last night, which gave me the opportunity to do some testing on a telecompressor for the 155EDF refractor and STL11K camera. IC405 was very near the almost full Moon, but with H-a filter there was minimal problem capturing this nebula. Exposure 7 x 5 minutes @ F5.3

Rolando

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Excellent FOV!! I'm very excited to get one for my 155EDF!!

Tom

SWEET SHOT Roland! 8)
Wonderful Wide-Field & detail!

Thanks for sharing!

Wow! Very, very nice.

Paul

...very nicely done, Roland!
I like the contrasted areas very much. they provide a very deep insight but do not look overprocessed!
best regards
Dietmar

Wow. The H-a shows features I've never seen before in this area. In particular, the striations that almost look like shock waves on the left-maybe from a supernova? That's new to me!
Ivan

Rolando,

You got all this from 35 minutes of data?!?!? OMG! Wow! I need to see if I can dig out more detail from my data! Very nice!

Eric

Roland Christen said:

It was finally clear (and very cold) last night, which gave me the opportunity to do some testing on a telecompressor for the 155EDF refractor and STL11K camera. IC405 was very near the almost full Moon, but with H-a filter there was minimal problem capturing this nebula. Exposure 7 x 5 minutes @ F5.3

Rolando

Excellent image Roland! Wow, a telecompressor for the 155! From what I can see of it on my laptop screen, and the so-so resolution fo the image, the stars look good from the center into the corners. Is this a new dedicated telecompressor for the 155 or a test of the 160 telecompressor used on the 155? I am very interested as you can probably guess and likely already know.

This is a combination of first and second night's imaging. The sky was not as clear, unfortunately, so the very faintest detail did not record as well, but I was able to get the chip down to -35C without frost.

155EDF with TCC @ F5.3, 85 minutes total exposure, STL11K, Mach 1 mount.

Rolando

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