I haven't been happy with my star shapes since I installed a secondary heater for my AT8RC. Even though the wires from it only add slightly to the thickness of the one vane, diffraction effects have been a mess. I ripped out the secondary heater, and took some HA of IC 5068 on the 17th. I also ordered a Dew-Not DN09 heater strip to use with my Kendrick controller and it arrived last Saturday. I finally got a chance to get some color data for this last night. Star shapes are back to what I like.
IC 5068 is located in the constellation of Cygnus but is much less well known than its nearby neighbors, the North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070). It may not be quite as bright but it is still quite interesting in its own right. In ways it reminds me of an abstract painting with stripes of red spread rather linearly on the canvas. There is some nice contrast between the brightest star in the image, which is blue, the many bright yellow stars, and the red from the emission nebula.
This would make a fine widefield target, but in my case, I did the detailed view. All channels were imaged unbinned.
IC 5068 is located in the constellation of Cygnus but is much less well known than its nearby neighbors, the North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070). It may not be quite as bright but it is still quite interesting in its own right. In ways it reminds me of an abstract painting with stripes of red spread rather linearly on the canvas. There is some nice contrast between the brightest star in the image, which is blue, the many bright yellow stars, and the red from the emission nebula.
This would make a fine widefield target, but in my case, I did the detailed view. All channels were imaged unbinned.