Pelican Nebula

[Jockinireland]

Continuing with ther too rare run of clear nights I had both rigs out at the week-end. But of course the moon is getting bright. While the LX200 was clunking away on the Bubble in Ha, I set the 80ED with L-enhance to the Pelican and hit go. It ran for 7 hours and even did perfect Automated meridian Flip. Then when I went to do my flats in the morning I see the lens covered in condensation!!!! I had failed to turn on the dew heater

I managed to use the first 2 hours of images consigning FIVE HOURS to the bin :twitch: So its really a bit noisier than I had hoped for.

So
SW 80ED, NEQ6, EOS700Da, L-enhance
28 (hear me sob) X 240s ISO800

Full res available herehttps://astrob.in/48a9ql/0/

[Greenman]

Ouch, 5 hours of clear skies Is a rarity in these isles, but still it’s nice capture.

[Juno16]

Very nice David!

I am with you on the clear skies (or lack of). I have a good opportunity this week with the sky, but the moon is at its worst. I just got the L Enhance in yesterday and I might take it out for a spin tonight with I believe is a 97% moon.

Got lots of things to learn with the new equipment, so why not try if for nothing else the excercise!

You captured some great nebulosity in your image! I was thinking about the Pacman. We will see.

[Jockinireland]

Very nice David!

I am with you on the clear skies (or lack of). I have a good opportunity this week with the sky, but the moon is at its worst. I just got the L Enhance in yesterday and I might take it out for a spin tonight with I believe is a 97% moon.

Got lots of things to learn with the new equipment, so why not try if for nothing else the excercise!

You captured some great nebulosity in your image! I was thinking about the Pacman. We will see.

Thanks Jim!

The l-enhance is really great but I do feel that it does let some moonlight leak through - I have seen others comment similarly- but it certainly makes a difference. I'm promised some clear sky on friday so fingers crossed.

[BABOafrica]

We haven't caught many Pelicans this year ... from what I recall checking on the forum every day.

And you produced an excellent image. I really like it!

BABO

[Shabadoo]

Look them eyeballs to the right! Another Gr8 one!

[MariusD69]

Great image! Well done!!

[STEVE333]

Pretty nice for only 2 hours of data. I feel your pain with the lost data because of the dew heaters. I recently did the same and had to learn how to take the dew shield off so I could clean the lens the next day. Running two rigs at the same time takes even more concentration. I'm impressed. It takes all my concentration to get my one rig up and running correctly.

Cheers,

Steve

[rayincorrales]

That is a beautiful result, too bad about the heater!! It has happened to most of us I'm sure!

Ray

[Jockinireland]

Pretty nice for only 2 hours of data. I feel your pain with the lost data because of the dew heaters. I recently did the same and had to learn how to take the dew shield off so I could clean the lens the next day. Running two rigs at the same time takes even more concentration. I'm impressed. It takes all my concentration to get my one rig up and running correctly.

Cheers,

Steve

Thanks Steve. Yes I'm looking at the lens and while its not too bad it would probably benefit from a clean but I'm not even sure if the dew shield comes of the Skywatcher 80ED and i'm reluctant to try anything in case it damages something. I'll contact my dealer I think and ask.

[STEVE333]

Thanks Steve. Yes I'm looking at the lens and while its not too bad it would probably benefit from a clean but I'm not even sure if the dew shield comes of the Skywatcher 80ED and i'm reluctant to try anything in case it damages something. I'll contact my dealer I think and ask.

On the backend of my dew shield there is what looks like a decorative bevel. It turns out that that bevel is actually a collar that screws into the back end of the dew shield. When I unscrewed the collar the dew shield slid right off. Not sure if yours is the same.

Good luck.

Steve

[Jockinireland]

Thanks Steve. Yes I'm looking at the lens and while its not too bad it would probably benefit from a clean but I'm not even sure if the dew shield comes of the Skywatcher 80ED and i'm reluctant to try anything in case it damages something. I'll contact my dealer I think and ask.

On the backend of my dew shield there is what looks like a decorative bevel. It turns out that that bevel is actually a collar that screws into the back end of the dew shield. When I unscrewed the collar the dew shield slid right off. Not sure if yours is the same.

Good luck.

Steve

Thanks steve - I'll take a look at that when I get home.

Rgds

David.

[helicon]

Wow, David. Nice rendition of the Pelican. Congrats on winning today's APOD, too!

[ic_1101]

Beautiful Pelican David, well done! And congrats on the TSS APOD!

Every time I look at it though I think they should have called it the Ghost nebula.

[KathyNS]

Bummer about the heater. But a fine image anyway. Congratulations on the APOD!

[Astrovetteman]

Beautiful Pelican, David!! Really nice image, well worth the APOD!!
Congrats!!
Tom

[Ruud]

I love it! The framing is perfect.

Well done & congrats on the APOD.

[Kanadalainen]

Hi David,
Congrats on the APOD!
Ian

[Makuser]

Hi David. A superb Pelican Nebula image here. This still turned out quite well with just the 2 usable hours. I love the color and details in the wispy nebulosity. Thanks for sharing this with us David, and congratulations on winning the TSS APOD Award today.