Horsehead and Flame

[Peter Reader]

Hi all!

Here's my attempt at imaging this popular area.

2 hours and 42 minutes in 45s subs.

Comments very welcome!

Cheers

Pete

[rocketandroll]

That's really nice, love the fact you've got the difference in colour between the flame and the horsehead...

I assume the light line along the bottom 3/4 of the frame is an artefact of stacking slightly missaligned subs?

Personally, as it's lighter than the horsehead area, I'd either crop the image down to lose that, or perhaps create a mask and try and darken that area back again as it's a bit distracting from the nebulae at the mo.

Looks great though... I've not even dared try and get those targets yet so well done! :-)

Ben

[adamsp123]

Nice image especially considering the short exposures you have used, well done.

[Mark-mck]

thats really good. tons better than my attempts, you actually have the horse head coming through.

i can just about manage 60s subs unguided at the min so if i get a chance this week i might try ansd grab a couple of hours worth of data. its one of my favourite DSO's

[quantumpanda]

Wow that's inspiring. Well done.

[Peter Reader]

Cropped and lightened a bit. Think this is my best image yet. Will I be able to get better nebulosity and detail by stacking more data? Or am I limited by my sub length?

Thanks for the comments

[Peter Reader]

also can anyone tell me why I seem to have an extra diffraction spike around Alnitak?