First image of 2018 - A classic if there is one

[Ignacio]

Hi!

This would be my first image of 2018 (hopefully of many to come). I had the privilege to spend three nights at a friend's observatory, located under very dark skies in Argentina. We enjoyed three consecutive clear nights, and was able to image one object per night (summer nights are very short!)

This image was acquired in the first night, after eluding a pretty strong summer storm by no more than 20 miles (with the full setup deployed!). After the southern celestial pole cleared of clouds, I polar-aligned, and enjoyed a very transparent night, although a bit windy.

I love how the image of this beautiful classic turned out. Its an LRGB (130:30:30:30) with a rather neutral (G2V) color calibration.

Usal setup: AP167FLZ + AP1100 + Apogee U16M + Astrodon 2nd Gen filters. Usual data reduction and processing with Pixinsight 1.85.

Here is a link to the full-res version, hope you like it.

http://www.pampaskies.com/gallery3/var/fulres/HH_LRGB_hires.JPG

cheers,

Ignacio

[mricard]

beautiful image Igancio. This is a difficult object for me to capture from my location, one day!