Pelican Ha from Jurong west

[kochu]

Yesterday sky was good in Singapore , for a change. Tried imaging from home though moon was quite bright. Need some adjustment of focusser as stars on one side is not round.

Image details: ED120/ATLAS/EQDir/QSI 583 WS/Ha 5 nm filter/10 subsx900 secs.
Kochu/16-10-11

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[Gary]

Nice effort! Thanks for sharing!

[Clifford60]

Hi Kochu, thank you for sharing, just curious, how to figure out the bird?

[kochu]

Hi Clifford,

I think you were curious how to figure out the shape of bird, from my image. As I used SW 120 refractor , the image is a bit too large for the FOV, so the bill and throat-sac of bird cannot be covered fully. I think a Fl of 100 will reveal the full shape of a Pelican.

OR

If the question is how to locate & frame Pelican... . It is quite easy by using n-point Sync function in EQDIR. The GOTO accuracy after n-point alignment is so good, that after syncing to few nearby stars using CdC, the framing the object will be dot-on.

Of course, visually none of these DSOs are visible from Singapore. I never tried with a Nebula Filter.

Brgds

Kochu/17-10-11

[Clifford60]

Hi Kochu, Thanks for the explanation, I am looking for answer 1, now I understand.

[Gary]

This may help:

[kochu]

Cool Video Garry.
Kochu/18-10-11

[shirox]

sweeee!

[Gary]

Cool Video Garry. Kochu/18-10-11

You are welcome. Here's another but you need red/cyan glasses. Watch it in full screen and 720p for best effect.