Spiky Horse Head, Unmodded Canon 1100D.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Hi,

I recently adjusted my vanes on the 8" f/ astrograph, and thought I'd do a Horse Head with bright star Zeta Orion in the Field.
Sure makes for dramatic spikes!!

This is the third time for the Horse head region and I think my best so far. I'm happy with the definition that's come out in the HA curtain.
Quite a lot of processing to get this with the unmodded 1100D.

Equipment used.
8” F/4 astrograph , baader type 3 coma corrector,. HEQ Pro 5 mount, orion mini guider.
Camera.
Unmodded Cannon 1100D.

10 x 8 minute subs an 10 x 5 minutes, ISO 1600, darks, flats and bias frames applied.
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker .Processed in Photoshop 7.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Astroman]

Looks good Justin, I tried this little fella as well last night but gave up due to light pollution and battery running flat. Your spikes are looking good.

[Rod771]

Nice result with 1100D Justin!

Very nice:thumbsup:

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Andrew!

Don't you wish they'd turn off the street lights after midnight like the used to!!!:stargaze:
Boy that's a while ago, showing my age huh!



Thanks Rod!

Cheers,

Justin.

[TimberLand]

Top job with the 1100 and another big thumbs up for the diffraction spikes

Must be great to just drop outside and start using the scope.

Justin

[desler]

Really a very good result with the 1100d. Doesn't matter how many times you see the old nag, it's always a pleasure when presented nicely!

Darren

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Justin!

Yep, it's a privilege that's for sure.



Thanks Darren!

Don't know what we'd do with out the Horsy.

Cheers,

Justin.

[cometcatcher]

Very impressive result considering the gear used.

[Larryp]

Very nice, Justin!

[Lee]

Nice image Justin....
What did you do to the vanes??

[multiweb]

Great colors. Maybe a tad soft with smoothing, maybe noise reduction.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Kevin!



Thanks Laurie!



Thanks Lee!

The spider vanes were out of alignment producing double spikes. It took a couple of goes to get them right.



Thanks Marc!

Yep, I went a little heavy on the adaptive filter in IRIS.

Cheers,

Justin.

[IanP]

Justin,
Really incredible result with the unmodded 1100d.
:thumbsup:

[David Fitz-Henr]

Yep, another nice result for the 1100D :thumbsup:

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Ian!



Thanks David!

Cheers,

Justin.

[Ross G]

Good looking Horse Head Justin.

Like the colour.

Love the spikes!

Ross.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Ross!

Had any imaging time yourself?

Cheers,

Justin.