Horsehead with 12.5"

[John K]

Hi guys,

Had a great couple of nights at the ASV's Leon Mow Dark Sky site the last few nights and managed to get onto the Horsehead for several hours.

Really getting to the limit of my ageing DSLR camera.

Tough going with some of the halos around the bright stars.

200 second exposures at ISO1600, total 2 hours 43 minutes, equivalent darks, bias and flats applied.

High res here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnka...ream/lightbox/

Comments welcomed.

Clear skies,

John K.

[RickS (Rick)]

Very nice work with a DSLR, John!

[niharika]

Good one John, it was nice to see and discuss about your setup the other night.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very nice shot John. You've captured a lot of faint stuff.

[gregbradley]

Nice work John. I am surprised by the number of Orion and Horsehead shots as I assumed they were gone for the year. I suppose this was just after sunset for an hour or so before it was too low?

Also what 12.5 inch scope was this?

Greg.

[John K]

Thanks for the comments gents.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Also what 12.5 inch scope was this?

Greg.

Hi Greg, it's a JMI scope, the NGT12, with optics from OMI.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnka...7594183210993/

Originally Posted by niharika

Good one John, it was nice to see and discuss about your setup the other night.

Good to meet you as well Raki. Hope you got some good shots.

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Nice one John, esp for an SLR, and that's a long FL scope.

We just returned from LMDSS ourselves today, as usual a frustrating Sat night with intermittent clouds, but managed around an hour of clear skies for data collection, did the same target. Will post when I can be bothered. Such a lovely target.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Nice work John. I am surprised by the number of Orion and Horsehead shots as I assumed they were gone for the year. I suppose this was just after sunset for an hour or so before it was too low?
Greg.

Huh?? Watch you talkin bout Willis..?? Ok..what have I missed?

Good HH John...ah sigh, all those automated imagers out there miss out on all the fun times out under the stars huh?

Mike
...who wouldn't mind being automated

[gregbradley]

[QUOTE=strongmanmike;1136951]Huh?? Watch you talkin bout Willis..?? Ok..what have I missed?

I was referring to the fact the Horsehead and Orion are now very low in the west after sunset so this image must have been either taken whilst it was very low or a month or so ago. Its too low now.

Greg.

[niharika]

[QUOTE=gregbradley;1136970]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Huh?? Watch you talkin bout Willis..?? Ok..what have I missed?

I was referring to the fact the Horsehead and Orion are now very low in the west after sunset so this image must have been either taken whilst it was very low or a month or so ago. Its too low now.

Greg.

Greg, It just starts to popup over the roof on the east around 11 PM from my backyard. Now you are making me confused because I was imaging this from LMDSS last weekend.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

[QUOTE=gregbradley;1136970]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Huh?? Watch you talkin bout Willis..?? Ok..what have I missed?

I was referring to the fact the Horsehead and Orion are now very low in the west after sunset so this image must have been either taken whilst it was very low or a month or so ago. Its too low now.

Greg.

I tink you are getting confused with Scorpius Orion is rising in the East in mid evening

[gregbradley]

Oh yes, gee whiz. I looked at my software wrong. I was confusing it with the Sagittarius area.

Oh good, I can plan an M42 image!

Greg.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Oh yes, gee whiz. I looked at my software wrong. I was confusing it with the Sagittarius area.

Oh good, I can plan an M42 image!

Greg.

too many hours at a digital interface mate?

[John K]

Thanks for the comments.

Originally Posted by SimmoW

Nice one John, esp for an SLR, and that's a long FL scope.

We just returned from LMDSS ourselves today, as usual a frustrating Sat night with intermittent clouds, but managed around an hour of clear skies for data collection, did the same target. Will post when I can be bothered. Such a lovely target.

Pity about Saturday. After 3 days there decided to bail as the weather was 50/50

Originally Posted by gregbradley

I am surprised by the number of Orion and Horsehead shots as I assumed they were gone for the year. I suppose this was just after sunset for an hour or so before it was too low?

Greg.

Quite a funny discussion generated by this Greg! Would love to see the results of the Horsehead with your set up.

[Ross G]

Great looking Horse Head photo John.

I love the colour and composition.

Ross.

[suma126 (Shane)]

nice work. maybe the colour is a bit over powering for me

[Nightskystargaz (Thomas)]

John K

Very fine Image of the Horsehead .

CS,KLU,

,

Tom

[astronobob (Bob)]

Grouse result there John - dig the composition, colors and nice finer details gathererd with the little extra F/Length
Good capturing...

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Certainly a good one for a DSLR John. To my ageing eyes it's probably just a bit too brick red though.

Cheers

Steve