Horsehead and Flame

[Tom OD]

Hi All,

Happy christmas! Here is my Horsehead and Flame. This one was taken from Dublin, and Wicklow in Ireland. I also throw in 90mins of Ha that I had from Les Granges while on my last trip.

Its nice to get a pic from home though for a change. I went to a dark site in Wicklow 6 times in order to finish this image. 2 nights which should have been clear, clouded out. One night condensation on the ccd glass, and under the chip finished me off after one sub.

Finally last night I got some L for it.

This is 120mins of L, R, G and B, with 350mins of Ha. Taken with the Tak FSQ106, and Atk 4 Meg ccd, kindly donated by a friend for a while as he has just sold his mount, and the camera is sitting around gathering down time.

Thanks Tom.

[ncjunk]

Tom,

Thats a good image and the detail in the horse is great!

Lovely pic...I do feel the standard of pics on the forum is amazing at times..

Neil C

[JCJC]

Wow, what a result Tom, the Ha exposure time really shows.

Jordan.

[MartinB]

Beautiful, I love that deep Ha colour

[Deneb]

This is my dream image, & one day im sure going to have it ! Nice one Tom.

[brendant]

Beautiful image, lovely detail and colour, nice control of Alnitak.

Brendan

[roundycat]

That one has gone deep. Plenty of faint nebulous detail and the shocks show up well. Best of all is the success you have had with Alnitak and his little friend. Well done!

Dennis

[jnp]

That's xxx astroporn

[Rossco72]

Really nice image. I like it a lot.

[Catanonia]

Superb image mate. Never grow tired of this area of the sky and you have done it proud. Well worth it and amazing commitment and effort.

I too am amazed at the pictures appearing on this site. Even since I joined in May, the quality has just got better and better.

[harry page]

Hi

Yep thats hit it right on the nail

Suprb work

Harry

[ollypenrice]

It's obviously the 90 mins from Les Granges that makes it!!!

No, lovely result, Tom. Deep colours, the usual smoothness, a conservative use of Ha...

And then there's Alnitak. Wot no supernova impression? Very nicely done indeed.

In fact it is downright superb.

Olly

[barkis]

Wonderful work this. You reap the reward for having put in the time on this beautiful Image.

This portion of Orion is about as popular as the Great Nebula itself, and it's easy to see why.

This deserves High recognition Tom.

Ron.

[Brunty12345]

wow i love this pic, the colours are strong and the detail is just pure class

[Tom OD]

Thanks all, its important for for me to get one from home, I 'm glad to produce one from the neighbourbour hood. H

[peter shah]

a beautiful image....super detail with stunning colour