B33 - The Horsehead Nebula

[Taman]

I managed to get this, before everything iced up at 01:00 last night! It was -2c.

Orion was very low in the sky when I finished, and I only had time for 15 x 7 minute exposures. The image is a bit noisy as a result.

I have cropped it slightly to reduce the glare from the bright star Alnitak.

15 x 420s lights, 12 darks, 25 flats, 25 Bias. Total exposure time 1h 45m.

Just added a corrected version!

Edited January 22, 2020 by Taman

[Adreneline]

Nice image! I wish my first image of this target had been this good.

Interesting inasmuch that all the previous images I've seen indicate the horse is looking the other way!

Adrian

[astroman001]

Yes, I think you have the image back to front.

Peter

[Ruud]

Unusual. It's like the bow of a black Viking ship emerging from the fog. Never saw it like that.

A wonderful image.

[Taman]

17 minutes ago, astroman001 said:

Yes, I think you have the image back to front.

Peter

The funny thing is, if I stack it in DSS, it comes out the "correct" way around. This was stacked with Siril, which seems to invert the image. 

[Taman]

16 minutes ago, Ruud said:

Unusual. It's like the bow of a black Viking ship emerging from the fog. Never saw it like that.

A wonderful image.

Thanks Ruud! This is certainly worth getting more light time.

[Taman]

23 minutes ago, Adreneline said:

Nice image! I wish my first image of this target had been this good.

Interesting inasmuch that all the previous images I've seen indicate the horse is looking the other way!

Adrian

Thanks Adrian, blame Siril! 😀