The Tadpoles in Ha

I have been away from the board for too long! The weather in my area has been simply miserable this winter. The last time I had the roof off of my observatory was on December 12th. This past weekend we had two clear nights in a row which I made sure to take advantage of. Attached is a two hour image of NGC 1893 and IC 410 which I took last night with a Takahashi TOA 130, MI-250, SBIG STL-11000, and Astrodon Trubalance 6nm Ha filter (12x10 min.). Acquired and processed in MaximDL/CCD 4 and Photoshop CS3. A full res version can be viewed at http://www.orbitjetobservatory.com/astroimages/NGC1893_large.jpg

Regards,
Mike O'Connor

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Wonderful image Mike! 8)
Excellent detail & contrast!

Looks great Michael.

Always feels good to get some photons after a long absence 8)

Best of luck with you weather,


Jason

Hello Mike,

I've been swamped lately with other activities (and bad weather on top of all that - I'm just grateful that the weather cleared for last Wednesday's eclipse), so I haven't been too active lately.

Anyways, great image! I'm seeing some noise in the dim areas - not surprisingly, though I'm also using a new and very bright LCD monitor. Anyway, it's nice imaging after a long break, and I bet you had a blast!

Eric

Great image Michael. Nice to get out again after awhile off isn't it.

Very nice image Mike! I love this target.......I intend to capture a few photons from it myself it the skies ever clear.