IC4601 in Scorpius - The Horse's Earring

[Ross G]

Hello,

It has been a lean year!

October and I have only managed 2 dark site visits all year.

This photo is from my trip to Coonabarabran in July. Four beautiful clear nights.

IC4601 in Scorpius.
It looks like an earring on the Blue Horse Head Nebula.

230 minutes total exposure comprising of 14 frames of 20 minute and 10 minute exposures.
Darks but no flats.

Televue NP101, 101mm, F5.4 Refractor.
QHY8L OSC CCD.
Skywatcher EQ6Pro Mount.
WO 66mm Guidescope.
QHY5-II Guide Camera.

Guiding with PHD2.
Capture with EZYCAP.
Processing with DeepSkyStacker and Photoshop CS2.

What do you think?

The photo is here http://smu.gs/1ssGX0K

Thanks for looking.

Ross.

[Placidus]

Ross,

Definitely a gold ear-ring. Subtle wispy detail in the blue reflection nebula. Had a look around your web-site. Quite stunning! Your Comet Lemon complete with SMC, 47 Tucanae, and iconic Australian windmill was especially beautiful.

Very best,
Mike

[sjastro]

Very fine image Ross.
I like how you have captured the dust details.

Steven

[gregbradley]

Nice work Ross. It looks good.

Greg.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Nice work Ross:thumbsup:

IC 4601 is quite a challenge.
Good to see you back imaging.:)

Cheers,

Justin.

[Geoff45]

Nice dust Ross

[multiweb]

That's dusty alright. Super deep! Very cool shot. :thumbsup:

[IanP]

Nice image Ross. Good colour and field of view :thumbsup:

[Octane]

Excellent image, Ross.

H

[lazjen]

Very nice shot - like it!

[AstroJason]

Really nice shot Ross, love all that dust.

[strongmanmike]

Quite moody, somewhat ethereal and a even a little weird...makes for an intriguing image Ross and something different, tight stars too, nice work :thumbsup:

Mike

[RickS]

Very interesting shot, Ross. Nicely done!

[Rod771]

Excellent result Ross! Gotta love a dark site.

[Ross G]

Thank you Mike.

Glad you like the website as well. It has been slow work but hopefully I can organise all my photos ( astro and non astro) onto it.
At the moment I have tens of thousands of photos sitting on hard drives all over the place, never to be seen.

Ross.

[Ross G]

Thanks Steven. The dust was an unexpected surprise.



Thanks Greg.



Hi Justin,

Glad you like it.
It has been a while. This last year has zoomed by!

Thanks.



Thanks Geoff

[Ross G]

Hi Marc,

Glad you like it.
The dark skies at Coona make such a difference.

Thanks.



Thanks Ian.



Glad you like it H. I haven't posted a photo for a while.

Thanks.



Thank you Chris.



Thanks Jason.
I love photos with a lot of dust but I was not expecting it in this photo.
A nice surprise.

[Ross G]

Thank you Mike.
I love your description!
I haven't posted for a while so it's nice to get a good respone



Glad you like it Rick.

Thanks.



Thank you Rod.
Yes, the dark skies at Coonabarabran make such a difference.
Even Ha photos show more detail.

[atalas]

Great dust work Ross!well done dude.

[marco]

Lovely image Ross, I really like the overall natural looking you achieved, this is a fine image of the area indeed :thumbsup:

Regards
Marco

[Ross G]

High praise coming from you Marco.

Thank you.



The amount of dust did surprise me.

Your tick of approval means a lot.

Thanks Louie.

[Rex]

Beautiful Ross, Nice star colour and dust detail, fantastic processing, well done!

[Ross G]

I'm glad you like it Rex.

Thank you!

[E_ri_k]

Looks great Ross! Lovely blue's and dusty bits, hope you manage to get out more often :)
Erik

[Ross G]

Thank you Erik.

It is a dim object and I could not find many other photos of it so it was a bit of a gamble but a nice surprise.

I have only been to Coonabarabran twice this year and with November nearly over I don't like my chances of another trip, but...fingers crossed!