Hyper Horse and Flame

[Rod771]

Hi Everyone

Having missed out on imaging the horse and flame last year I looked forward to imaging it this season. I did get some shots last season but it was already March and the horsey was getting low in the sky. I also hadn't purchased my LP filter at the time so the few test shots were mostly a white wash anyway.

Would have liked more data this season but the Moon, clouds and Christmas lights cut down my imaging time.:sadeyes: ... And what do you know?? Its new moon weekend and its raining :rain:

This is about 1.5 hours , 37 x 2 minute subs for the field and 24 x 30 sec subs for the stars, combined using Pixinsights HDR comp tool. So really only 74 minutes.

Taken on 1/2/14 with the Canon 60Da on C11 Edge HD with Hyperstar lens. F2, ISO 800 with IDAS LPS filter. Processed in Pixinsight.

I've linked two larger images. The original and another, a bit brighter with the colour pushed up a touch. As usual I couldn't make a decision :rolleyes:

New adjusted white balance large (http://astrob.in/full/80768/C/)

Brighter Large***original WB*** (http://astrob.in/full/80768/B/)

Thanks for looking

Rod

[atalas]

Nice shot Rod.

[Ross G]

Great looking Horse Head Rod.

Such quick exposures with the Hyperstar!

Ross.

[Shiraz]

impressive images - Looks like you have the Hyperstar system under control, which is no mean feat at that fNo.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Good images Rod!:thumbsup:

I like the brighter version, nice detail coming through on the curtain.
Look's like you have a powerful setup with the hyperstar, looking forward to more images.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Rod771]

Thanks Louie, Ross and Justin , I appreciated the support :thumbsup:



Cheers Ray, :) Yeah shooting with the Hyperstar is enjoyable. Like most things it gets easier to handle with experience.




I haven't been able to leave this one alone. For some reason with my images, Pixinsights colour calibration tool creates a brownish white balance? I've gone back and adjusted the channel curves to "de-brown"and have sharpened the nebula detail with Atrous Wavelet Transform tool.

I have replaced the original image with this new repo. I'm quite happy with the balance now.

[RickS]

Good work, Rod! I like the brighter version a little better.

Cheers,
Rick.

[multiweb]

Beautiful field indeed. Well done. :thumbsup:

[Rod771]

Thanks for the feedback Rick.



Thanks Marc :)

[strongmanmike]

Hey that Hyperstar is....going hyper, Rod :P great looking stars at the edges :thumbsup:

I like the brighter version a tad better.

Mike

[Rod771]

Thanks Mike :)

Yes I was quite happy with the hyperstar collimation this time. I have to tweak it every time I set up :rolleyes: But, that's just the nature of the beast.

I actually think the 60Da has some sensor tilt, obviously its more evident when imaging at 1960mm.



Hmm :question: interesting, I might up load a brighter version of the new WB image to Astrobin

Thanks for the feedback.

Rod