First Narrowband Targets

ZWO ASI1600MM COOL Processing Narrowband Beginner Deep Sky
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Jon avatar
Jon avatar
Going to be doing some narrowband imaging next week.  First time for this for me.

Will use ZWO ASI 1600 mm and ZWO Sii, H alpha, Oiii filters, all 7 nm band.

Can folks recommend some easy targets to start with, maybe 10 or so?

JonS
John avatar
John avatar
jellyfish is still up . rosetta nebula  nearby. maybe orion m42.
in the north trunk nebula..with widefield really cool.

north west heart and the souls nebula.

must be enought for the next months. smile
Kevin Morefield avatar
Kevin Morefield avatar
Jon,
You picked the worst time time of year to start narrowband!  Just about everything left gives you only 3 hours in the early evening.  So you will need several nights for NB capture.

When the Moon is up this time of year I’m usually shooting Ha data on galaxies.

John gave you the biggies, Jellyfish being pretty bright so that might be the call.

Kevin
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John avatar
John avatar
ps..in the north..the trunk nebula rises late in the evening,with a widefielsscope its really great.
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