NGC 7822

[bradleybcraig]

Greetings!

While I was waiting for The Fish Head Nebula to rise, I was filling some time with this target. An hour or two here and there. Over the last couple of nights, even though the evil orb is in full strength I pushed the time on this up to just shy of 20 hours. Thanks for looking!!

Full res: Astrobin -or- Flickr

Imaging telescope: Mallincam VRC-8
Imaging camera: Atik 383L+ mono
Mount: CEM60
Guiding telescope: Mallincam VRC-8
Guiding camera: Starlight Xpress Loadestar X2
Focal reducer: CCDT67
Filters: Astrodon OIII 3 nm, Astrodon H-Alpha 3nm, Astrodon SII 3 nm
Accessories: Atik EFW2 Filter Wheel, Atik OAG, Moonlite High res stepper motor and Mini-V2 controller

Software: PixInsight PinInsight 1.8, Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator, PHD2

Resolution: 3250x2481

Dates:Sept. 2, 2019, Sept. 3, 2019, Sept. 6, 2019, Sept. 8, 2019, Sept. 9, 2019, Sept. 10, 2019, Sept. 11, 2019, Sept. 12, 2019

Frames:
Astrodon H-Alpha 3nm: 40x600" -10C bin 1x1
Astrodon OIII 3 nm: 40x600" -10C bin 1x1
Astrodon SII 3 nm: 39x600" -10C bin 1x1
Integration: 19.8 hours

Avg. Moon age: 9.15 days
Avg. Moon phase: 65.44%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00

RA center: 0.999 degrees
DEC center: 67.278 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.084 arcsec/pixel

Locations: Backyard, Charlotte, NC, United States

[hectorbdn]

Awesome, Brad!

[dave_galera]

Yep I like that Brad, nicely done

[MariusD69]

Very impressive! Great work, Brad!!

[MartinF]

Beautiful! Since you have such high quality data, I would back off on the noise reduction a bit. It looks to smooth for my taste (being really picky now), with some of the noise left I think the detail would come out and make it look more natural.

[bradleybcraig]

Hi Martin, thanks for the input and I agree it’s a tad soft. Believe it or not my weekend has been attempting to get a better contrast and detailed version, none of which I have been happy enough to call good ...

[jthommes]

Nice one Brad. I like the color tone you get with your SHO.

[Thefatkitty]

Nicely done, especially considering the conditions! Great color and detail as well

Thanks for sharing that!

All the best,

[bradleybcraig]

Nice one Brad. I like the color tone you get with your SHO.

Thanks, James!

Nicely done, especially considering the conditions! Great color and detail as well

Thanks for sharing that!

All the best,

Thanks!

I've managed to waste my weekend reprocessing it trying to get a little more detail and contrast ... Not sure if this better, but it is different. Handled that big old star a little better and more blue out of the central area.

[fatboy1271]

Awesome job Brad!

[Kanadalainen]

Lovely stuff.

Ian

[BABOafrica]

the re-pro is much better.

And wow, you did that with a Mallincam...

BABO

[bradleybcraig]

Awesome job Brad!

Thanks, FB!

Lovely stuff.

Thank you, Ian!

the re-pro is much better.

And wow, you did that with a Mallincam...

BABO

Appreciate it BABO, I am really liking the VRC 8”