On my last blog post, I mentioned that I was working on the IC1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula once again, but this time with the much higher imaging focal length of 1592 mm, though again in Narrowband Hubble Palette. The image was finished shortly after the blog post was made, and work began on another image - a 2-panel mosaic of the NGC7331 Deer Lick Group and Stephan's Quintet, this one in LRGB. Both finished images are shown below.
I am very happy with how the above two images turned out, particularly the first one, which incidentally won the honour of being AstroBin's Image of the Day on the 13th of August 2018. The second image also has some exquisite detail in NGC7331 that I just cannot stop looking at. I also really like how the colour transitions are seen so clearly.
My current image is one of the NGC2146 Dusty Hand Galaxy that I discovered below Polaris while looking through Stellarium. It looked like a nice enough target so I went ahead and started imaging it. Tracking so near the pole is a little more difficult it seems, but it is working out pretty well so far. The image will be a single panel as the galaxy fits there alongside a nice, neighbouring galaxy.
Finally, thanks to Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez of AIP Astrophotography & Timelapse, I was inspired to finally update the header for Light Vortex Astronomy to something more vibrant. This new header displays parts of 11 of my favourite images captured so far. Overall I am very pleased with how it turned out.
My current image is one of the NGC2146 Dusty Hand Galaxy that I discovered below Polaris while looking through Stellarium. It looked like a nice enough target so I went ahead and started imaging it. Tracking so near the pole is a little more difficult it seems, but it is working out pretty well so far. The image will be a single panel as the galaxy fits there alongside a nice, neighbouring galaxy.
Finally, thanks to Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez of AIP Astrophotography & Timelapse, I was inspired to finally update the header for Light Vortex Astronomy to something more vibrant. This new header displays parts of 11 of my favourite images captured so far. Overall I am very pleased with how it turned out.