You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> CCD Imaging & Processing Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 hewholooks Carpal Tunnel Reged: 05/31/08 Posts: 1677 Loc: Central Ohio NGC 246 - "THE SKULL"       #3434237 - 11/07/09 07:56 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I think I am becoming the world's authority on imaging through clouds. I saw some blue sky yesterday afternoon, so in my excitement, I went out to image something, anything. I chose what I thought would be a bright planetary so that I could get more frames as the moon rose. Turns out this thing is a low surface brightness extended planetary. I anticipated starting at 8pm, but it as it rose, it traced a track right through my tallest tree and I didn't get started till 8:45 and by 10:00, the moon was starting to wash everything out and the "thin" clouds were so thick that it looked foggy when you looked up. So, I got 7x10mins on this very nice planetary in Cetus. Typical conditions for me lately, but at least I got out. Maybe some day soon, I'll get a whole night. I left it full frame, well, because I like it that way. NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" Thanks for looking! -------------------- Hunter Wilson| Lexington, Ohio My Image Galleries Celestron 9.25 APM/TMB 130/780 Apo Refractor Orion ED80 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM Lens SBIG ST-4000XCM Astro-Physics Mach1GTO Skyshed POD Post Extras:       john gretchen professor emeritus Reged: 02/02/08 Posts: 596 Loc: 28° 24' 30" N 96° 37' 53" W Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: hewholooks]       #3434256 - 11/07/09 08:18 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   nice job! -------------------- John N. 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Jim S. -------------------- http://www.pbase.com/jshuder/astrophotography Post Extras:       greekoh sage Reged: 03/12/06 Posts: 298 Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: jshalpha]       #3434363 - 11/07/09 10:02 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I like it. Troy Post Extras:       Tazzz sage Reged: 02/24/06 Posts: 280 Loc: Cambridge Ontario Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: greekoh]       #3434423 - 11/07/09 10:47 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I believe that is the first time i have seen it. Great job. -------------------- Dennis Rowe ============== 8" Newt SkyWatcher 80mm SkyWatcher Pro 80mmED GSO RC 8" Canon 350D DSI Pro W/Filters QHY8 LXD75 EQ6 PRO Post Extras:       David Pavlich Postmaster Reged: 05/18/05 Posts: 8655 Loc: Mandeville, LA USA 30.22 X 90.... Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: hewholooks]       #3434435 - 11/07/09 10:55 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Another nice image, Hunter! David -------------------- Proud Member; PAS NOLA, "If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research..." A. Einstein Post Extras:       Bill V Hutman Reged: 08/26/08 Posts: 997 Loc: Plymouth,Ma Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: hewholooks]       #3434680 - 11/07/09 01:15 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice shot. Bill -------------------- FS 102 G11 Gemini ST2000xm CFW9 Astrodon LRGB filters http://www.xembracetodayx.com/Hutman Post Extras:       Jim Thommes Carpal Tunnel Reged: 09/20/04 Posts: 1669 Loc: San DiegoCA USA Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: Bill V]       #3434707 - 11/07/09 01:34 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice Hunter! Yes, a bright planetary this is not. You did well to capture and process the data. -------------------- Jim Thommes http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/ C8 Megrez II APO G11/Gemini Artemis285 Camera Canon 350D Post Extras:       WhistleStop sage Reged: 09/07/07 Posts: 440 Loc: Grafton, Ontario Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: Jim Thommes]       #3434750 - 11/07/09 02:07 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Excellent Hunter, I don't think I've seen it before...well done Cheers Lynn -------------------- WHISTLESTOP Whistle Stop Observatory (44N78W) TV NP101is, C9.25, WO ZS66, G11 with Gemini, EQ6 with EQMOD FLI ML8300 with CFW-2-7 Post Extras:       hewholooks Carpal Tunnel Reged: 05/31/08 Posts: 1677 Loc: Central Ohio Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: WhistleStop]       #3434817 - 11/07/09 02:58 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks for looking, everybody. This is one of those objects that just screams for more aperture and probably more integration time. I am not sure more time would have helped in these particular circumstance (seeing conditions), but I sure would have liked a shot at this one with about 20" of glass! -------------------- Hunter Wilson| Lexington, Ohio My Image Galleries Celestron 9.25 APM/TMB 130/780 Apo Refractor Orion ED80 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM Lens SBIG ST-4000XCM Astro-Physics Mach1GTO Skyshed POD Post Extras:       atalas Carpal Tunnel Reged: 02/21/05 Posts: 1874 Loc: Sydney,Australia Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: hewholooks]       #3435071 - 11/07/09 05:42 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice work Hunter! -------------------- www.atalas.net Cheers Louie Post Extras:       Thomas Davis Dust Buster Reged: 04/25/08 Posts: 528 Loc: Inkom, ID USA Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: atalas]       #3435301 - 11/07/09 08:27 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great capture! Tom -------------------- Starsearch Observatory Lat 42N 47' 00" Long 112W 10' 47" Elev 1752m www.tvdavisastropics.com Post Extras:       nickatnight Carpal Tunnel Reged: 04/14/08 Posts: 1751 Loc: Santa Clarita, CA (LA Suburbs) Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: Thomas Davis]       #3435378 - 11/07/09 09:25 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Lovely planetary Hunter. I especially like the colors. -------------------- nickatnight Celestron CPC 9.25" GPS Lumicon 2" LumiBrite Diagonal Meade s5000 18mm UWA, Meade 6.7mm UWA, Parks G.S-5 10mm, Celestrom 40mm Plossl Parks 2x Barlow, Meade Tele-Extender Celestron f6.3 Focal Reducer Lumicon UHC Filter and Deep Sky Filter Canon Rebel XTi (prime) Canon Powershot G9 (afocal) Canon EOS T-Ring and Parks T-Adapter Lumicon Univ DigiCam Adapter Post Extras:       hewholooks Carpal Tunnel Reged: 05/31/08 Posts: 1677 Loc: Central Ohio Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: nickatnight]       #3435406 - 11/07/09 09:40 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks again, fellas! Nick! Long time no see. Hanging around the CCD forum now? -------------------- Hunter Wilson| Lexington, Ohio My Image Galleries Celestron 9.25 APM/TMB 130/780 Apo Refractor Orion ED80 Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM Lens SBIG ST-4000XCM Astro-Physics Mach1GTO Skyshed POD Post Extras:       DanB scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 12/05/07 Posts: 829 Loc: Pacific Northwest Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: hewholooks]       #3435460 - 11/07/09 10:06 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I've never seen it before either:-) Nice job Hunter.. Dan -------------------- AT8RC astrograph AT80ED refractor (guidescope) 10" Meade f4.5 reflector 8" Meade f6 reflector EQ6 Skywatcher/Synscan Meade DSI (Guide camera) CCD Labs Q453 (Main imager) Nebulosity 2 PHD guiding "In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual". - Galileo Galile - Post Extras:       schmeah sage Reged: 07/26/05 Posts: 355 Loc: Morristown, NJ Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: DanB]       #3435681 - 11/08/09 12:29 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice. Don't see that one often. Excellent. Derek -------------------- 10"LX200R, Orion ED80, SV90T Raptor QSI 540 wsg, DSI Pro III, DSI Pro II, DSI II, Post Extras:       bill w Postmaster Reged: 03/26/05 Posts: 6584 Loc: southern california Re: NGC 246 - "THE SKULL" [Re: schmeah]       #3436325 - 11/08/09 12:45 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   i like the color great job on a dim faint planetary especially at low elevation -------------------- -bill w nexstar 8 GPS canon 300D, Toucam Pro II SXV-H9C, H9, SX Exview autoguider, SX-AO FS 102 (OLV), FS60 CSV, 8" LX200R, G 11 http://astro.whwiii.net/ image processing monitor calibrated to just differentiate darkest boxes: Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 17 registered and 15 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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