First attempt at the Horsehead

[astromerlin]

Hi, Having a few clear nights I was able to use my new Canon 1000d and after getting the mount to guide reasonably I managed to capture the Horsehead.

Still havn't got my coma corrector to fit the focuser yet so this is just with the camera connected direct to the focuser.

20 x 240sec lights 10 darks, processed in DeepskyStacker and a fair bit of tinkering in Photoshop.

Guided with SPC900/Finder.

Comments welcome.

[JKB]

Hi

Lovely result John and better than mine I posted a couple of days ago. Although mine was 50mins.

Great image!

Cheers

Jamie

[Zul]

Very nice!

[SJJ]

Nice image John, the horsey shows up really well. Is this with a modded or un-modded 1000d?

[astromerlin]

Nice image John, the horsey shows up really well. Is this with a modded or un-modded 1000d?

Thanks, The 1000d has not been modded yet as we also use it for daytime photos too.

[mert]

What a great photo

[astromerlin]

Hi

Lovely result John and better than mine I posted a couple of days ago. Although mine was 50mins.

Great image!

Cheers

Jamie

Just the luck of a clear night i guess, I did do a few images over the couple of days that had stars showing and this nights set ( the 16th) was the only ones that had any detail.

[Quatermass]

Nice one John I did this one last month for the first time its a great image and fun to do.

[cloudbuster]

Super effort, and a lot better than my first unmodded attempt! i really hope u don't mind me making a couple of suggestions tho:

a slightly different composition would of included the flame nebula,,,just over to the left, and believe me, for me, a modded camera was a near life changing experience. like u, i wanted a camera for ordinary fotos, so i was lucky when a reasonably priced modded one was up for sale. Your effort however is in my eyes, a very good one...i would be well chuffed!

cheers

bob

[astromerlin]

Thanks Bob, I did take some images with the Flame in shot but Alnitac seemed to drown out any detail. I just need more practice with the settings and processing. I expect it wont be too long before I mod this one though.