Horse head and Iris Nebula

[Gerry Casa Christiana]

Hello all

I just had 2 sessions where I tried the horse head Nebula and also the Iris Nebula. I think the Iris needed longer exposures to get the darker detail but I'm not guiding. Let me know your thoughts. I was a little dissatisfied with Iris  

http://www.astrobin.com/full/274255/D/

http://www.astrobin.com/full/278508/0/

Cheers

 

Gerry

 

 

 

[JohnSadlerAstro]

On ‎03‎/‎01‎/‎2017 at 17:39, Gerry Casa Christiana said:

I was a little dissatisfied with Iris  

(!?!)

John

[JemC]

On 03/01/2017 at 17:39, Gerry Casa Christiana said:

I was a little dissatisfied with Iris  

Why?

that is quite an impressive image,  

[Gerry Casa Christiana]

Thanks guys for the encouragement. I guess It's because of the internet pictures you see of it! The black cloud doesn't show too much. 

Thanks for the boost guys! 

[mikey2000]

I'd be rather pleased with these!   What were the exposures here?  Are you under nice dark skies?

[JohnSadlerAstro]

 Well it looks like I resurrected an old thread, Gerry!

Internet images (Hubble especially) are an astronomical heresy--they look attractive but they bring destruction in the end. I would suggest you kept off such things!  

I would suggest you use the images you took previously as your benchmark, it works for my rather feeble efforts.  

John

[carastro]

I think both are excellent for unguided images.

Carole

[Garethr]

I think the Horsehead is great not over processed for colour.  My biggest crime ?

 

 

Gareth 

[Gerry Casa Christiana]

On 05/04/2017 at 21:54, mikey2000 said:

I'd be rather pleased with these!   What were the exposures here?  Are you under nice dark skies?

Hello!

Yes I live in Italy so the skies are not too bad! Yes I just checked I did these 42 subs for horse head and 31 for the iris nebula at 3200 ISO. I do darks and flats now!