Thanks James. These turned out to be some of favourite images but I just never got around to making a video for them but I thought they deserved a bit of UA-cam love 😄. CS
Excellent work, great to see the Southern Hemisphere targets getting some love. I've imaged RCW 58 and it came out nice (after lots of hours), will have to give the Loganberry/Raspberry a shot as well next time it comes around !
Thanks very much. Glad to hear you have imaged RCW58 as there aren't that many images of it about. As for the "Loganberry nebula, ( I like what you did there😉), there are even less of that one so I look forward to seeing your image of it in the future. CS
Great collection of images Logan! Love to see your southern targets in all their glory...cool to see that you're using a 3D printer now too, good luck with it! Have a great week and best wishes from the northern lands... :)
such great images Logan! The cosmic bat looks like Batman with his cape spread catching wind! and congrats on retirement! your gonna be busier than ever now!! CS
Thanks Jason. The cosmic bat is definitely a good likeness for the Caped Crusader. I don't mind busy during the day, so long as I get clear nights, then I'll be happy. Keep cool in that summer heat.
Great photos, its always nice to see Southern hemisphere targets and even better to hear a kiwi accent. Im down here in Dunedin and the weather has been absolute rubbish. Im just starting out on my astro journey so Im really blown away with what you have achieved. Subbed and will watch the rest of your videos too.
Thanks Ross, great to see another kiwi exploring the night skies. Yep we have definitely suffered from some extreme crap weather here in NZ which is certainly making it tough for imaging etc. Here is hoping things turn around (although we have been hoping this for nearly 9 months now). CS
Thanks Alfredo, I'm glad you will find this video useful. Yes, it can very difficult to find targets that haven't been imaged much before so I was hoping this might provide some different targets for people to have a crack at. Clear skies.
@@LogansAstro Logan, can I ask an off topic question, I know you use an ioptron CEM120 and the CEM60, what version of ioptron commander do you use and do you use windows 11, as I am having issues with my CEM70, well more so the commander software version 9.06, I am getting sporadic disconnects or sometimes it wont even connect and just shows an error saying “no ioptron device found” when trying to connect, now this seems to be a common issue on the forums, and is down to windows 11 and commander not playing well together, any thoughts from your point of view… Many thanks in advance Stewart
@@Astro_Shed I am using Windows 10 still (resisting upgrading as everything is working) and my iOptron commander version is 8.00. I wasn't sure how well everything was or would work with Windows 11 hence why I have stayed back at 10
very interesting Logan! Learning about lifecycles of stars is always fascinating! I absolutely Love that nebula RCW 58! impressive structure, It should be called "The Fireworks nebula"? haha.
What a great collection of images Logan! Can’t believe you haven’t put them out before now mate!! I hope you get some clear skies soon, but if you’ve got anymore images like that hidden away, get them out mate😀 I particularly like the bat, it’s inspired me to have a go with my esprit, although it is low, I need to try it! Thanks for sharing Clear skies👍
Thanks Simon. I guess with all this crap and pretty extreme weather we have had down here, it's been a matter of grabbing what ever time appears to image (and hour here and there) in the night so there hadn't been anytime to setup the cameras etc to record so these images went straight to Astrobin. Definitely give the Cosmic bat a go - it's pretty cool looking. CS
@@LogansAstro Congrats on the new position by the way, I hope the new management treats you well🤣 Seriously enjoy retirement Logan! I see your NGC5367 dark nebula got picture of the day on astro bin👍 Good work mate!
Some really interesting images there Logan, still haven’t had a session since February here in Northern England… Just posted a re-edit of the Lion Nebula on Astrobin and now literally have run out of data to re-process… There’s no real darkness now until next month either 🤨 Enjoyed watching this, nice work 👌🏻 Flying Bat looks awesome 👏🏻 Clear Skies‼️
Thanks Olly. I feel your pain about lack of imaging time - we have plenty of darkness but plenty of cloud too so I share your frustrations with the lack of imaging time. I'm not sure i could cope living somewhere there is no real darkness for several month of the year 😱.
@@LogansAstro We have only Astronomical Twilight where I live (54 deg N) from May to mid Aug, then the darkness builds slowly. I have imaged in A Twilight but it really is a lot of effort for diminishing returns. Unusual for me to not have imaged since Feb though TBH
Lol 😂 not to be confused with WD-40...we're all going bonkers. I do like that RCW58 in HOO maybe give that a go with the C925 one day. Also the Bat is very nice too.
Thanks Ollie. And don’t get that WD40 mixed with the deodorant can also. RCW58 is a very cool looking object and would be framed perfectly in your C9.25.
What a beautiful bubble nebula surrounding KR16. I had no idea of its existence. From my latitude it barely rises 21º in transit. I will wait until next year and try to photograph it with the L-eNhance. Thanks for sharing
Be careful of your language mate 🤣 the Loganbery nebula I like it I thought you'd be pushing that name more 😁Some great targets you've captured there mate I do like more off the beaten track images. Clear skies!!
Beautiful images Logan! Enjoyed the history behind the Wolf-Rayet naming too. Trying to make my mind up about what target to have a crack at next with Askar 65PHQ .....any suggestions?
Thanks very much. I spent a fair amount of time trying to read up on those WR stars and I'm still not entirely sure I understand it all. Ah the 65PHQ, a great choice. I haven't had the scope that long so haven't covered a lot of targets with it - just done Carina, Pencil Neb, dark nebula of the Chameleon complex and the Dragons of Ara. It suits the Dragons nicely and you can frame it to include PCG11(Jaws Nebula) and Henize 2-169 (as small as the are at this fov).
@@LogansAstro thanks for the tip, yeah I was doing the lobster a week or so ago and got about 4 images of Ara before the dew took me out (now have straps 🤣) but those 4 stacked 3 min images look great so might get back on it. Do you stick to 3 min subs or go 5??
@@Si-fp2ij I tend to do at least 5 mins subs on brightish targets, 10mins or 20 mins on faint targets and 3 min on something like Carina which is super bright.
Thank you very much for this; I often find I am at a loss for what to photograph from my home observatory in Oamaru--this gives me quite a few challenges to go for! Is there a way to capture the location of these subjects to put into an ASIAIR or similar?
If you go to my Astrobin and look at each of my my images, you will see in the Acquisition details section, the RA and Dec for each target. www.astrobin.com/users/DrKrud/
Thanks Nik. I like what you did with the Tardigrade nebula name 😉. I imaged the Bat and Tardigrade from home which is about Bortle 5 to 6. If an object is close to the SCP then I now avoid it as that is right in the light dome of Auckland city. But if I'm not pointing in that direction, dark nebulae are do-able.
I've been looking for a few more interesting targets of late. If the rain holds off. It's ridiculous here in Australia isn't it.... Have you imaged CG4? that's a quirky target, also known as God's Hand.
Thanks Damien. The weather down here in Oz (especially Victoria) and NZ has been terrible that's for sure. Yes I have imaged CG4 - is certainly a cool and scary looking target. That one I actually did a video around ua-cam.com/video/WseAJCNh088/v-deo.html CS
Nice Logan, you've been sitting on some awesome shots. Hard to pick a favorite. CS!
Thanks James. These turned out to be some of favourite images but I just never got around to making a video for them but I thought they deserved a bit of UA-cam love 😄. CS
Excellent work, great to see the Southern Hemisphere targets getting some love. I've imaged RCW 58 and it came out nice (after lots of hours), will have to give the Loganberry/Raspberry a shot as well next time it comes around !
Thanks very much. Glad to hear you have imaged RCW58 as there aren't that many images of it about. As for the "Loganberry nebula, ( I like what you did there😉), there are even less of that one so I look forward to seeing your image of it in the future. CS
These are all fantastic logan. Very jealous of those southern targets !!
Thanks very much. We down here are jealous of your northern targets also 😀. CS
Great collection of images Logan! Love to see your southern targets in all their glory...cool to see that you're using a 3D printer now too, good luck with it! Have a great week and best wishes from the northern lands... :)
Thanks very much Steve. Having a lot of fun with the new 3d printer and looking for all sorts of reasons to print stuff. CS
such great images Logan! The cosmic bat looks like Batman with his cape spread catching wind! and congrats on retirement! your gonna be busier than ever now!! CS
Thanks Jason. The cosmic bat is definitely a good likeness for the Caped Crusader. I don't mind busy during the day, so long as I get clear nights, then I'll be happy.
Keep cool in that summer heat.
Very nice video 👍🏼. Great info about some rare targets for Astrophotography. I wish we had plenty of clear nights to capture some of these 🥹.
Thanks very much. It's nice to be able to image some of the lesser known targets. Clear nights seem to be far and few between these days. CS
Stunning images there 👍. I live in Scotland, so won't manage to image any of those. Well done 😊
Thanks Dougie. Yeah they would all be too far north for you. CS
Great photos, its always nice to see Southern hemisphere targets and even better to hear a kiwi accent. Im down here in Dunedin and the weather has been absolute rubbish. Im just starting out on my astro journey so Im really blown away with what you have achieved. Subbed and will watch the rest of your videos too.
Thanks Ross, great to see another kiwi exploring the night skies. Yep we have definitely suffered from some extreme crap weather here in NZ which is certainly making it tough for imaging etc. Here is hoping things turn around (although we have been hoping this for nearly 9 months now). CS
Thank you for posting this. It’s very uncommon to see this kind of videos, which will help us image different targets.
Thanks Alfredo, I'm glad you will find this video useful. Yes, it can very difficult to find targets that haven't been imaged much before so I was hoping this might provide some different targets for people to have a crack at. Clear skies.
Another great video Logan, always good to see your images, and I am interested in that motor bracket for the redcat, I use Tinkercad too..👍🏻
Thanks Stewart. I haven't tested the bracket out in the wild yet so don't really know if it works that well or not but hope to test it out soon.
@@LogansAstro Logan, can I ask an off topic question, I know you use an ioptron CEM120 and the CEM60, what version of ioptron commander do you use and do you use windows 11, as I am having issues with my CEM70, well more so the commander software version 9.06, I am getting sporadic disconnects or sometimes it wont even connect and just shows an error saying “no ioptron device found” when trying to connect, now this seems to be a common issue on the forums, and is down to windows 11 and commander not playing well together, any thoughts from your point of view…
Many thanks in advance
Stewart
@@Astro_Shed I am using Windows 10 still (resisting upgrading as everything is working) and my iOptron commander version is 8.00. I wasn't sure how well everything was or would work with Windows 11 hence why I have stayed back at 10
very interesting Logan! Learning about lifecycles of stars is always fascinating! I absolutely Love that nebula RCW 58! impressive structure, It should be called "The Fireworks nebula"? haha.
Thanks Avanteesh. haha yes, I guess the fireworks nebula name s still up for grabs as the name is only taken by a galaxy so far. CS
What a great collection of images Logan! Can’t believe you haven’t put them out before now mate!! I hope you get some clear skies soon, but if you’ve got anymore images like that hidden away, get them out mate😀 I particularly like the bat, it’s inspired me to have a go with my esprit, although it is low, I need to try it!
Thanks for sharing
Clear skies👍
Thanks Simon. I guess with all this crap and pretty extreme weather we have had down here, it's been a matter of grabbing what ever time appears to image (and hour here and there) in the night so there hadn't been anytime to setup the cameras etc to record so these images went straight to Astrobin. Definitely give the Cosmic bat a go - it's pretty cool looking. CS
@@LogansAstro Congrats on the new position by the way, I hope the new management treats you well🤣 Seriously enjoy retirement Logan! I see your NGC5367 dark nebula got picture of the day on astro bin👍 Good work mate!
Some really interesting images there Logan, still haven’t had a session since February here in Northern England…
Just posted a re-edit of the Lion Nebula on Astrobin and now literally have run out of data to re-process…
There’s no real darkness now until next month either 🤨
Enjoyed watching this, nice work 👌🏻
Flying Bat looks awesome 👏🏻
Clear Skies‼️
Thanks Olly. I feel your pain about lack of imaging time - we have plenty of darkness but plenty of cloud too so I share your frustrations with the lack of imaging time. I'm not sure i could cope living somewhere there is no real darkness for several month of the year 😱.
@@LogansAstro We have only Astronomical Twilight where I live (54 deg N) from May to mid Aug, then the darkness builds slowly. I have imaged in A Twilight but it really is a lot of effort for diminishing returns.
Unusual for me to not have imaged since Feb though TBH
lol enjoy your retirement mate, great video. I hope the weather improves for us here in Auckland soon, clear skies!
Thanks very much. Yeah I think we are well sick and tired of this crappy weather here - it's been going on for so long. Clear skies
Lol 😂 not to be confused with WD-40...we're all going bonkers. I do like that RCW58 in HOO maybe give that a go with the C925 one day. Also the Bat is very nice too.
Thanks Ollie. And don’t get that WD40 mixed with the deodorant can also. RCW58 is a very cool looking object and would be framed perfectly in your C9.25.
What a beautiful bubble nebula surrounding KR16. I had no idea of its existence. From my latitude it barely rises 21º in transit. I will wait until next year and try to photograph it with the L-eNhance. Thanks for sharing
Thanks. The nebulae around some of these Wolf-Rayet stars are pretty cool looking. Look forward to seeing your image next year.
Be careful of your language mate 🤣 the Loganbery nebula I like it I thought you'd be pushing that name more 😁Some great targets you've captured there mate I do like more off the beaten track images.
Clear skies!!
Thanks Tich. It's been quite fun doing these lesser known targets. Yeah, you are right, I should have run with the Loganbery nebula 😅. Clear skies
Beautiful images Logan! Enjoyed the history behind the Wolf-Rayet naming too. Trying to make my mind up about what target to have a crack at next with Askar 65PHQ .....any suggestions?
Thanks very much. I spent a fair amount of time trying to read up on those WR stars and I'm still not entirely sure I understand it all. Ah the 65PHQ, a great choice. I haven't had the scope that long so haven't covered a lot of targets with it - just done Carina, Pencil Neb, dark nebula of the Chameleon complex and the Dragons of Ara. It suits the Dragons nicely and you can frame it to include PCG11(Jaws Nebula) and Henize 2-169 (as small as the are at this fov).
@@LogansAstro thanks for the tip, yeah I was doing the lobster a week or so ago and got about 4 images of Ara before the dew took me out (now have straps 🤣) but those 4 stacked 3 min images look great so might get back on it.
Do you stick to 3 min subs or go 5??
@@LogansAstro will give it a go, looks like clear skies 🌌 🤞🏻
@@Si-fp2ij I tend to do at least 5 mins subs on brightish targets, 10mins or 20 mins on faint targets and 3 min on something like Carina which is super bright.
@@LogansAstro thanks for that tip, I’ve wondered how people decide the length of exposure so this is a great tip 👍🏻
Thank you very much for this; I often find I am at a loss for what to photograph from my home observatory in Oamaru--this gives me quite a few challenges to go for! Is there a way to capture the location of these subjects to put into an ASIAIR or similar?
If you go to my Astrobin and look at each of my my images, you will see in the Acquisition details section, the RA and Dec for each target. www.astrobin.com/users/DrKrud/
The Tardigrade nebula and the Flying Bat nebula look amazing Logan, what bortle scale was this?
Thanks Nik. I like what you did with the Tardigrade nebula name 😉. I imaged the Bat and Tardigrade from home which is about Bortle 5 to 6. If an object is close to the SCP then I now avoid it as that is right in the light dome of Auckland city. But if I'm not pointing in that direction, dark nebulae are do-able.
@@LogansAstro Nice to hear, it is bortle 6 in Melbourne so If I ever get a clear windless night I might give it a crack, albeit with OSC cameras
I've been looking for a few more interesting targets of late. If the rain holds off. It's ridiculous here in Australia isn't it.... Have you imaged CG4? that's a quirky target, also known as God's Hand.
Thanks Damien. The weather down here in Oz (especially Victoria) and NZ has been terrible that's for sure. Yes I have imaged CG4 - is certainly a cool and scary looking target. That one I actually did a video around ua-cam.com/video/WseAJCNh088/v-deo.html CS