Horsehead from Kelling

[daz]

When I saw Orion pop his head up over the trees, I just had to swing the scope over....

I some slight issues with the mirror moving in the cell, consequently, there is some trailing in the top right hand corner which I hope I have removed without affecting too much of the image.

I also need to reread my notes on processing, however, here is my best effort...

To say I am chuffed with this would be an understatement!!

Subs: 3 x 20mins, dark, bias, flat field corrected

Scope: 12" f/4 Newtonian

Imaging Camera: SXVF-H9

Guide Camera: SX Lodestar on SX OAG

Filter: Baarder 7nm Ha in SX FW

Mount: EQ6 + EQDIR + EQMOD

Acquired, guided, registered, aligned, stacked in Maxim

Post Processing in CS3

[Whippy]

And chuffed you should well be mate, that is really, really nice! Nail down that mirror movement and you'll be laughing . Only 60 mins too!

Tony..

[James]

Just three subs!!! Mind you I saw the first one when it came up and it was good.

Thats a great image Daz, and just wait till you add more data to it

[Ant]

Thats lovely mate, I've been waiting to see this.

There is some lovely fine detail and it's pretty smooth for three subs...

Ant

[MikeD]

That's a nice deep and clean image and in just 1 hour, great stuff.

Mike.

[Doug]

Hi Daz

I love the horses head ,well done

Doug

Essex

[barkis]

A mono HH does have a aura about it.

I echo the others Daz. It's superb.

Ron.

[Psychobilly]

Sweet... just think what it will be like once the mirror movements sorted

[ollypenrice]

Fabulous and in the twinkling of an eye. Did you do some sharpening? It looks like that on the stars because they are showing dark haloes - just. If you sharpen only the Head it might look even better. Narrowband stars tend to be almost over sharp at birth and can be 'blocky' so I often soften them.

Olly

[daz]

Thanks all

Yes Olly - I will revisit that and take on board your advice

[Ford Prefect]

That is a cracker!!!!!!

[MikeWilson]

Beautiful, Daz. You've really caught the detail there.

Any plans to try to add some colour?

[daz]

Only "fake" in Photoshop

[daz]

have reworked this on my bigger monitor and hopefully it looks better now!

Colour one also included for Mike

[Whippy]

Like that better mate, the 'curtain' behind the head especially so.

Tony..

[MikeWilson]

That is awesome. I've saved a copy of the colour one to my favourites

I find the red image brings out more of the detail (look to the right hand side) as well as giving a good depth of field.

Is it just me or does the horsehead not really look like a horse's head, but more like a spray bottle or fire-extinguisher head?

[daz]

Um, just you mate!! :)

More of a sea-horse perhaps??

[daz]

Um, just you mate!! :)

More of a sea-horse perhaps??

[MikeWilson]

A sea-horse it is. I can settle for that Although you know there's already a sea-horse nebula, captured by Hubble (and it looks amazingly like a sea-horse!).

[Paxo]

Stunning image mate, looked good on the night, looks even better now.

Steve..

[Dave]

Very, very nice mate.

How pleased must you be.

[tooth_dr]

That's pretty special, great job on the reworked ones.

[daz]

Thanks all - chuffed indeed

[ollypenrice]

Great. No star haloes in the curtain. It looks really super.

Olly

[Beyond_Vision]

No wonder you are pleased with that Daz a great close up of the old Horsey

Regards

Kevin