IC434 (Canon eos300D + 80ED )

[hevelsky]

Hi all,
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Location : France: St Laurent sur Sèvre
Latitude : 46°57'34"N
Longitude : 00°53'30"W
Date : 29/12/2006
Hour of Obs : 1h00
Duration of Obs : 3h
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Instrument : SW80ED 80/600
F/D : 7.5
Mount : Heq5
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Celestial body : Horsehead IC434
Magnitude : 11.0
Dimensions : 90.0'x 30.0'
AD : 5h41m00.00s DEC : -02°27'00.0"
Constellation : Orion
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Seeing S: 6/10, good
Transparency T: 5/10
Light Pollution P: 4/10, very present...
Wind : 4, obstructing
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Canon EOS 300D not modified

Time exposure : 480"x18....manual guiding !!!
Sensibility ISO : 800
Numbers of Dark : 9
Numbers of Flat : 8
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Traditional preprocessing under iris:
- Creation of an offset
- Creation of a median dark
- Creation of Flat
- for each frame, dark is withdrawn and the flat divided
- stellar registration .
- arithmetic addition

Processing under iris:
- DDP
- withdrawal of the gradient.

finition under PSP9:
- reduction of the background noise
- balances white
- contrast/luminosity

http://guillaume.bertrand3.free.fr/images/ciel_profond/ic434_18x480s_800ISO_20.jpg

50% version (http://guillaume.bertrand3.free.fr/images/ciel_profond/ic434_18x480s_800ISO_50.jpg)

Thanks for looking,
Guillaume B.

[h0ughy]

wow that is very nice. lovely composition too!

[ballaratdragons]

Well Done! I really like the High Res image!!!!

[Garyh]

Well done Guillaume, nice color balance and well guided..
Framed nicely to I thinks..
Cheers Gary

[[1ponders]]

Nice one Guillaume. For the cost, the ED80/300D combination is a fantastic setup. :thumbsup:

[hevelsky]

Thanks for all your comments ;)

[spearo]

Wll done Guillaume,
beautiful shot especially impressed by the manual guiding too!
good work
frank

[hevelsky]

Thanks Frank ;)

[RB]

Excellent image Guillaume,
Beautifully framed, guided and processed.
Like Paul [1ponders] said, the ED80 + 300D is a great combo.