This is a recently finished image of the Tadpole Nebula, aka IC 410. I know deep sky astro doesn't get a lot of attention (S/O to that other guy who posted his), it is, in my opinion, the most difficult form of photography. This was taken over the course of a week and totals about 21 hours of total exposure time, being made up of 3 minute images stacked in Hydrogen Alpha, Oxygen III, and Sulfur II.
You can pretty clearly see why it was nicknamed the Tadpole Nebula, and I think it's got a lot of nice details compared to some other nebulae which are more amorphous.
Taken with a ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool, a 16MP camera cooled to -15C on a Celestron C8, the equivalent of a 1450mm lens at F/6.3, from my backyard a little bit outside Philadelphia.
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Nice work Sean! Let's get some more astrophotography on Fstoppers.
Thanks! I'd love to see a dedicated contest for some deep sky astro, I always feel like we don't get enough attention relative to how incredibly difficult this stuff is lol. Your images look great as well, I just discovered Seti Astro's NB to RGB script and it has been an absolute joy to work with, no more bloated or off color NB stars.