IFN around NGC 2633, NGC 2634 and UGC 4585

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IFN around NGC 2633, NGC 2634 and UGC 4585

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Ever since Brian brought up the IFN, it's been on my list to try and capture it.
Last week there were suddenly some real clear nights and decided to give it a go. In the past I'd tried M81 and M82 but the IFN there is too wide for my f/10 (2032mm). But I did found another candidate: NGC 2633. The IFN there is in a smaller area.
And it did work :D But it's hardly visible in my capture, click it for the bigger version. Also, as reference, see https://www.astrobin.com/ygl0lr/D/ where it's visible way better so you know where to look in my capture ;)

One of the reasons it's hard to capture, is the faintness. Nebulae in the plane of the Milky Way are "lit up" by one star of a group of stars. The IFN is outside the plane of the Milky Way though, so it's "lit up" by all the stars, a very diffuse light source.
So, the huge disadvantage was my Bortle 6/7 sky here. It prevented me to do 600sec captures with the IR/UV cut filter but 300sec with Gain 90 worked.
But I had to stretch a lot during processing and the vignetting did show up a little bit despite perfect flats. A price I happily pay.

For those wondering: the IFN are the very faint bands around (from left to right) NGC 2633, NGC 2634 and UGC 4585.
For more info on IFN, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Flux_Nebula. It says there that it's a recent identified something. I looked it up and it has been identified in 2005. So yes, that's recent :)

Bortle 6/7
Meade LX200 8" f/10 ACF OTA
Ioptron CEM25EC mount (no guiding)
Baader IR/UV Cut filter
Baader Skyglow Neodymium filter
Zwo ASI071MC Pro camera

Captured with SharpCap Pro / White balance R50 B50
Baader IR/UV Cut: 44 x 300 sec / Gain 90 / Offset 10
Baader Skyglow: 52 x 300 sec / Gain 90 / Offset 10
20 x darks. And 50x flats + 50x darkflats per filter

Stacked with DeepSkyStacker
Stacked each filter set separate.

Photoshop: blended the 2 sets 50/50. And then 2 days of "playing" to get the right processing steps and results.


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Re: IFN around NGC 2633, NGC 2634 and UGC 4585

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Hi Menno,

is it the faint band that goes from top-center to bottom-right that I should be looking at? It's certainly faint enough, so well done capturing that with your light pollution :)

cheers,

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Re: IFN around NGC 2633, NGC 2634 and UGC 4585

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Hi Robin

You have to re-orientate I'm afraid. I had to mirror it vertically cause (once again :( ) I got the orientation wrong.
But you were right. The band is now from bottom center to upper right corner.
Another band is from left below corner to top center. Also a patch surrounding NGC 2634 and a smal vertical patch at the bottom center
As a reference, see https://www.astrobin.com/ygl0lr/D/ where is WAY better visible ;)

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Re: IFN around NGC 2633, NGC 2634 and UGC 4585

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Hi Menno,

Nice! 8 hours total? Which filter would you say gave the best contrast? Your Baader IR/UV Cut or your Baader SkyGlow?

I'm wondering, did you try inverting the image like the author of the astrobin shot did?

Thanks,
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Re: IFN around NGC 2633, NGC 2634 and UGC 4585

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Thanks Brian!
To my surprise the difference between the IR/UV Cut filter and the Skyglow Neodymium wasn't that big when it came to the IFN. At least, not visually after stacking. The SkyGlow did had some more contrast of the background, so it's doing it's job :)
And yes, I did try inverting. But there is just too little data in it to make it really visible. In this case the normal view gave the best result.

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Re: IFN around NGC 2633, NGC 2634 and UGC 4585

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Well done Menno! It is faint but definitely there - a difficult catch against such a bright sky background.

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Re: IFN around NGC 2633, NGC 2634 and UGC 4585

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Thanks Tim!
It was indeed challenging but that's part of the fun :)

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