The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae (Seperately)

[Bill S]

It occurred to me that I had not had a look at the Horsehead or Flame Nebulae with Jocular in LRGB so I had a go last night. Colour did not add a lot for the HH (still nice to see it) but the Flame was worth a look.

 

January has certainly been a better month than December.

 

[Martin Meredith]

Very nice captures Bill. I can see a vague pinkiness in the HH. If you use the gamma stretch it tends to bring out more colour, in part because the colour stretch is also gamma and well-matched.

I've been touring around Orion myself but for some reason didn't pay a visit to the Flame Nebula. is the blue from that neighbouring bright star (Alnitak?)

Martin

[Bill S]

Yes, Martin. I can see a bit of pink. I have not made much use of the gamma stretch. I will try it more in future. Thank you for the suggestion. When I tried it at first there was nothing to see but altering the white point makes all the difference. I think I could do with a laptop with a bit better screen. This one does not seem very responsive.

Anyway here is one with a gamma stretch. There is a bit more pink.

 

I think you are right about the blue in the flame nebula. It must be coming from Alnitak. It might be worth having a look another time.

Bill