Photographing The Jellyfish Nebula with the AskarFRA 400 telescope & asi2600mm pro camera.

Hi everyone, in this video I photograph the Jellyfish Nebula with the AskarFRA 400 and asi2600mm pro. I use capture this nebula using my widefield scope (Askar400) and managed to capture 13 hours 25 minutes in total on this target. I'm really happy with how this image turned out and I'm absoloutely loving the Askar FRA400 at the moment, its seems to be a fantastic pairing with the asi2600mm pro. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
Equipment used:
asi2600mm pro
Askar FRA400
Antila 3.5nm Ha, Sii, and Oiii filters
Skywatcher NEQ6 pro
Asiair pro
ZWO asi120mm guide came with the ZWO f4 mini guide scope.
Stacked in APP, Processed in PixInsight, with final touches in Lightroom.
Ha: 46 x 420 seconds
Oiii: 32 x 420 seconds
Sii: 37 x 420 seconds
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[@jeffbrennan5394]

Awesome picture of the jellyfish nebula

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thank you very much Jeff

[@Astrobloke]

Lovely image Russell, well done. Super fov

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thanks very much Glenn, it was almost as if the 2600 and Askar 400 were made for this target, the FL fit so nicely and I didn't have to crop at all.

[@CaptRescue2]

Great framing and awesome color combination!

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thank you very much 👍

[@OlliesSpace]

That's a lovely looking result Russell. Pleased to see your 2600 is back, I'm also waiting for it to happen to mine 😬. Top job pal.

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thanks very much Ollie…I’m hoping you don’t get the issue 🤞

[@olly7248]

Love this image ❤️

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thanks very much mate 👍

[@AZ4Runner]

Hey Russell, glad to see you get out and image this target. Looks Beautiful. Really loving the SHO palette. clear skies.

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thanks very much Jason, I hope you've had some better weather and you've been able to image since your clouds, clouds, clouds video?

[@douweodh4146]

Good job Russell you can be proud of this one! Cheers mate

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thank you very much, I was really happy with how this turned out

[@davidleejenkins]

Thank you Russell. Well done! This video is timely as I am in the middle of capturing this target with roughly the same focal length and framing. I have about 10 good hours of Oiii and now I’m ready to move onto Ha and Sii. I appreciate the preview of results. Exciting!

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thanks David, 10 hours of Oiii should be incredible, its very faint but it does come out in the stacks. I hope you can capture the Ha and Sii soon. Clear skies

[@DSOImager]

Great image Russell!

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thanks very much James 👍

[@frosthastrophotography]

Very nice results!

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thank you very much

[@davidthomson644]

looks stunning good job

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thank you David

[@Oscaro9928]

Beautiful image. Hoping to start Astrophotography with that same scope

[@paulholdsworth2502]

Fantastic image Russell. Love the framing, colour palette and detail 👍

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thanks very much Paul, I was really happy with how this turned out.

[@LogansAstro]

Beauty of an image Russell with the mix of the rich Ha andSII detail with the wisps of surrounding OIII. Looks awfully cold there though. Glad to see the 2600 is back in play and oli free.

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thank you very much Logan, really appreciate it. Haha, yes it was unusually cold for about a week, it's back to normal cloud and drizzle now unfortunately

[@OlliesSpace]

I'm a bit worried this oil leak is in our future Logan 😬

[@LogansAstro]

@@OlliesSpace yes same here

[@JoesAstrophoto]

So glad you got the 2600 back and working again Russell! Amazing capture and edit as well!

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Cheers Joe, so happy to finally have a it back and hopefully fixed 👍

[@bobdemars7741]

Great video & beautiful images! I have been considering picking up this scope.

[@HogarthsAstrophotography]

I was worried mate, those counterweights were on their way to knocking you out 😂. Super result. Great to see the 2600 mono back in action.

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Haha 😂 I did think that watching the video back when editing! Glad you like the image

[@jackgadsden456]

Excellent as always ! I hope to shoots this one day

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thanks Jack, really appreciate it. Hope you get to shoot it soon 👍

[@nishani2012]

Great work Russell : )

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thank you very much

[@nickambrose8606]

Very nice !!

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thanks Nick

[@JonnyBravo0311]

Glad you got that 2600 back. Looks like you remembered how to use it 😀. Nice image! Jellyfish was a target I did last year. Hoping to get it again this year, too.

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thanks Jonny, haha yes just about remembered how to use it...althought it took me a while to attach it to the scope! The Jellyfish is such a great target, what FL did you shoot it at?

[@JonnyBravo0311]

@@RussellsAstrophotography I shot it about 385mm with my 0.8x reduced GT81 and 294MM Pro. It frames up nicely with that combo in my opinion.

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

@@JonnyBravo0311 yes that sounds like a great combo to frame the jellyfish 👍

[@peterwebster2555]

I've got to say this is a fabulous image of the Jellyfish, truly I went wow!! , Great control of the colours. Astrobackyard had a go at this target also, I know which one I prefer, well done Russell!

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thank you so much Peter, that's very kind. Haha, I'm not sure I'm on the same level as Trevor, but honoured to be mentioned in the same sentence. Thanks for watching 👍

[@starman3088]

Hi Russell, another stunning image, particularly the 3D affect you obtained! I checked my back catalogue of objects and I have not managed to view this nebula visually, probably because it does not respond well to UHC/OIII filters and requires a dark site for the contrast. I expected the detail from the H alpha data, and the lack of OIII, but it was interesting the amount of Sii, particularly in the SN remnant. Unfortunately, filters for H alpha/beta and Sii are not suitable, or limited, for visual astronomy, so imaging once again has the upperhand. PS. Full steam ahead now that the camera is fixed. Lets hope it stays that way!!

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thank you very much mate. Yes, the Oiii is very faint, I assume most supernova remnants are difficult to see visually? Have you had much luck with any others...maybe the veil nebula? It would be fantastic if you could see some of these targets, because IMO they are some of the most beautiful. I'm so excited to get the camera back...I really hope it's permanently fixed, I have been assured that the leak will not return 🤞

[@jameswoods1939]

Came out beautifully. I wasnt aware there was that much OIII hiding in the Jellyfish. Amazing job again!

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thanks James, the single subs was quite faint and had to really work on it in processing, but it is in there. Thanks for watching 👍

[@vinikrish]

Really like the way you present and explain the steps in your videos.. and an awesome image indeed... would you please consider doing a video including your processing steps for this target? I am a complete beginner and it would be really helpful for people like me.. TIA

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoy the videos. I’ll try and include more processing videos in the future. Thanks for watching

[@tullyfisher]

Yayy...The 2600 back in the game! :) I just wondered that you are still using those wooden planks... But seems to work for you. That's great. - The RAW images are already amazing.The final result is astonishing...again. - Awesome, Russell! And congrats on your 2000 subs.

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thanks very much Tully, really appreciate it. So happy to have the 2600mm back, it’s great being able to shoot mono again 👍

[@RuffNRuffer]

Great video Russell, can you tell me what that white box on the side of your scope is please?

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thank you Matthew and thanks for watching. It's a 1kg counterweight, just to balance the scope. Nothing exciting I'm afraid.

[@astroheartuk4623]

Loving it!! Was that the final image after stacking in APP? (Yup, I'm kinda obsessed with APP lol)

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thanks very much mate, yeah I stacked the data in app, its a fantastic program

[@travlon5101]

What a beautiful final image !!!! Well done. It sure made it worth spending that many hours on it. Love the framing too. Do you use the ASI Air app for polar alignment and the plate solving? I use APT for plate solving. I never knew one could plate solve just from an image. Do you have any tutorials on how to do this? In APT, you always have to name the object your solving, but then it just centers the object, not giving the choice to get the field of view that you had. Any help please?

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thank you very much, glad you like the image. I do yes, I use the ASIAIR pro for everything including PA and plate solving. I was really annoyed with myself when editing this video because I cut off the bottom of the iPad, where you see how to plate solve off an image. It is really easy though, all you do is go to image management and load your last image (which you want to replicate). There are a number of options at the bottom of the screen including annotate and go-to. If you hit go-to, then it plate solves the image and asked you if you want to go there, it matches previous images perfectly. I spent about a year using the asiar before realising this, I used to manually frame the target each time, but this works brilliantly. I'll try to remember to include this in my next video. I hope this makes sense? Clear skies and thanks for watching 👍

[@travlon5101]

@@RussellsAstrophotography Thanks for the quick reply. As always, it was very helpful. Will be giving it a try tonight. (Yes it is actually clear tonight, but 18 degrees F - Burrr)

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

@@travlon5101 glad it made sense, it’s a great feature especially if you’re imaging over multiple nights. Wow that is cold, hope you get some good data 👍

[@astrodad656]

@Travl ON Actually APT allows you to specify and frame your selection using the AIM function in Pointcraft. You will need to rotate your camera no matter what imaging platform you use to rotate and frame but I have had great success with framing named objects and then moving the scope away from the centered named object to get the object of interest placed where I wanted it in my image.

[@travlon5101]

@@astrodad656 Thanks for this info.... But my question is, after you move a little away from the named object to frame it the way I like, how do I go back to that same exact spot the next night, since I have to tear down my rig each night. Can I use an image from the night before and plate solve in APT to get back to that same spot?

[@medicineman4040]

Did you copy Lee Pullen or did Lee copy you in the 30mm spacers and AA+ placement on the dovetail ??? Just curious ;)

[@TheHelicapt]

Do you leave your mount outside all year, and if so does it damage it ?

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

I don't leave it out all year and I do pack it away when sever rain is forecast, but I do leave it out a lot. I have a TeleGizmos 365 Series Telescope Cover which is fantastic. Protects the mount from rain and the sun 👍

[@kushanvyas7728]

Redcat 51 or askar 400? Which better?

[@DavesAstrophotography]

Very nice Russell....

[@RussellsAstrophotography]

Thanks Dave 👍