ASTRO: IC 410 and the tadpoles

Finally, a current picture taken just a few hours ago. I planned more
time but the 4th frame came up blank, not one hint of anything but a
good 30 minute dark frame. Went outside and found the sky completely
gone. My one clear night went south in a hurry but at least I got
something worthwhile out of it. 3 30 minute H-alpha frames of the
tadpoles. A bit noisy due to the clouds. It appears the third frame
was clear only for about 15 minutes from the ADU count so while I say 90
minutes knock about 15 off due to the clouds. At least they were so
thick no harm was done.

14" LX200R@f/10, 3x30 minutes binned 2x2, STL-11000M, Paramount ME

Rick

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Very cool Rick. I like the fov on that image. Clear Skyz, LA


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Finally, a current picture taken just a few hours ago. I planned more
time but the 4th frame came up blank, not one hint of anything but a
good 30 minute dark frame. Went outside and found the sky completely
gone. My one clear night went south in a hurry but at least I got
something worthwhile out of it. 3 30 minute H-alpha frames of the
tadpoles. A bit noisy due to the clouds. It appears the third frame
was clear only for about 15 minutes from the ADU count so while I say 90
minutes knock about 15 off due to the clouds. At least they were so
thick no harm was done.

14" LX200R@f/10, 3x30 minutes binned 2x2, STL-11000M, Paramount ME

Rick

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Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh".

Thanks Larry.

At just over 1" per pixel the FOV is about 34' x 22.7' or just over 40'
diagonally. Not bad for 3556mm focal length. I can go to 1x1 binning
but my seeing rarely supports it. Sure eats up hard drive space as it
is! To cut the noise I did drop the size by 33% so that image while
taken at 1" per pixel is posted at 1.5" per pixel. I forgot to mention
that.

Rick

LA wrote:

Very cool Rick. I like the fov on that image. Clear Skyz, LA


"Rick Johnson" wrote in message
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Finally, a current picture taken just a few hours ago. I planned more
time but the 4th frame came up blank, not one hint of anything but a
good 30 minute dark frame. Went outside and found the sky completely
gone. My one clear night went south in a hurry but at least I got
something worthwhile out of it. 3 30 minute H-alpha frames of the
tadpoles. A bit noisy due to the clouds. It appears the third frame
was clear only for about 15 minutes from the ADU count so while I say 90
minutes knock about 15 off due to the clouds. At least they were so
thick no harm was done.

14" LX200R@f/10, 3x30 minutes binned 2x2, STL-11000M, Paramount ME

Rick

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Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct.
Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh".

Great picture Rick. You have very good detail both in the tadpoles and in
the dark clouds.

Stefan

"Rick Johnson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Finally, a current picture taken just a few hours ago. I planned more
time but the 4th frame came up blank, not one hint of anything but a
good 30 minute dark frame. Went outside and found the sky completely
gone. My one clear night went south in a hurry but at least I got
something worthwhile out of it. 3 30 minute H-alpha frames of the
tadpoles. A bit noisy due to the clouds. It appears the third frame
was clear only for about 15 minutes from the ADU count so while I say 90
minutes knock about 15 off due to the clouds. At least they were so
thick no harm was done.

14" LX200R@f/10, 3x30 minutes binned 2x2, STL-11000M, Paramount ME

Rick

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Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct.
Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh".