Veil Nebula Widefield - RGB & Hubble Palette

Location: Atlas 5 Observatory Athens Greece 11-12 June 2016
Lens: Pentax SMC 135mm 6x7/ F4
Camera: ATIK 314L+ Mono @ 0C
Filter Wheel: Starlight Express 7x1.25
Filters: Baader 7nm Ha (26x10min), Baader 8.5nm OIII (24x10min), Total Exposure 8 Hours
Mount : EQ6 Pro
Guiding : Finder 50mm with QHY5L-II colour
Calibration Frames:BIAS (30), DARK (12), FLATS (30)
Capture : Nebulosity, PHD Guiding

Processing :DSS, Pixinsight, Photoshop.

First light for this lens as well. At F5.6 the lens provides a superb result even at below average total exposure time. Do not forget that we are shooting through light polluted Athens.

Atlas 5 Observatory Athens Greece - Updated

IC 1396 Elephant's trunk nebula widefield. RGB (biocolor) & Hubble Palette

Location: Atlas 5 Observatory Athens Greece 2-6 June 2016
Lens: Pentax SMC 90mm 6x7/ F4
Camera: ATIK 314L+ Mono @ 0C
Filter Wheel: Starlight Express 7x1.25
Filters: Baader 7nm Ha (45x10min), Baader 8.5nm OIII (27x10min), Baader 8nm SII (24x10min) Total Exposure 16 Hours
Mount : EQ6 Pro
Guiding : Finder 50mm with QHY5L-II colour
Calibration Frames:BIAS (30), DARK (12), FLATS (30)
Capture : Nebulosity, PHD Guiding

Processing :DSS, Pixinsight, Photoshop.

 





 First light from my observatory with this superb photographic lens. Very sharp, good value for money and much better quality than other expensive telescopes.