Markarian's Chain & Horsehead Nebula

[ParallaxPete]

We had the first decent night in a while in the north east of Scotland so it would have been rude not to image something. I decided on Markarian's Chain as I hadn't imaged it before. It wasn't due to get above 25 degrees until around 22:30 so I decided to try and get a quick image of the Horsehead nebula while I waited. This is now very low in the sky so I felt going for a HOO image would give me the best chance to get a decent image. Anyway, these were both taken using my Esprit 100 and ASI2600MC. I used the L-Pro (60 x 300s) for Markarian's Chain and the L-Extreme (9 x 300s) for the Horse Head. Markarian's Chain was a bit of an ordeal to process due to being buried in the glow coming from Aberdeen (Bortle 6/7) but I'm fairly happy with the end result. As always any comments good or bad are welcome 🙂.

Edited March 5, 2022 by ParallaxPete