The Blue Horsehead Nebula IC 4592

[strongmanmike]

After a short hiatus travelling and a Full Moon...I was hanging to capture this beauty because my FOV with the FLI 16803 and FSQ combo frames it perfectly and now is the perfect time of year to image it over an entire night.

This is the other Horsehead Nebula in the sky but it gets imaged much less than its more famous cousin in Orion, partly because it is big (need at least a 4deg X 4deg FOV to fit it all in properly) and partly because it is faint.

This is a straight LRGB taken over two nights in mostly good conditions and no Moon, all image capture details are under the image at the link below :thumbsup:

The Blue Horsehead Nebula (https://www.flickr.com/photos/strongman/42745346012/in/dateposted-public/) - click on image and scroll around with your cursor.

Cheers :)

Mike

[raymo]

Superb; I love the delineation of the lip and nostril.
raymo

[cometcatcher]

Blimey that's deep. I was considering that as a target but it looked faint. :P

[glend]

Wonderful image. Next time I am at a really dark site it will be on my list.

[theodog]

Yep, great image. Nicely positioned.:thumbsup:


And yes it's on my list too.:)

[RickS]

Absolutely fabulous, Mikey-Mike :thumbsup: I've seen a few of these and that's by far the deepest.

[h0ughy]

Oh wow, winner in the starlight stakes, the other horse got scratched

[graham.hobart]

Beautiful horse Mike. Stunning in fact :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Wow that is a stunning image Mike. You really nailed that one. Everything is perfect.

Greg.

[multiweb]

Very nicely done. Quite a challenge to process to that depth I'd imagine. The blues came up a treat. One for the cool wall. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Stevec35]

Nice one Mike. Never tried this one myself in fact I barely new it existed until occasional images of it started popping up. Yours is one of the best I've seen.

Cheers

Steve

[topheart]

Hi Mike,
Congratulations!!
That is the best blue horse I have ever seen, a winner by many lengths!
Yours is way deeper showing more of the background dusty stuff than Rogelio's
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090521.html

I thought Rogelio had a good horse until I saw yours!!

Wow!!
Makes me want to process the mosaic data I have of the blue horse sitting on my hard drive somewhere....Hmmmmm!!
Cheers,
Tim

[strongmanmike]

Wow thanks so much everyone so glad you all like it, appreciate all your comments but thanks for the extra kind comments from Greg and Tim :love2::thumbsup:

...just too lazy to respond to everyone individually but rest assured and in the words of Mr Fenech "em aiiir.. luv yas all" :love: :D

Mike

[Atmos]

Fantastic Mike!! Definitely the best I’ve seen of this region. Has me wanting to image this with a 135mm to get the FOV but there is no competing with 106mm of aperture there.

[Lognic04]

WOW!!! That is spectacular! You can even see how far the light from the brightest star goes in to the dust, the faintest dust is illuminated!!!

[LewisM]

You must live in a Canberra in an alternate universe Mike - can't remember a clear night in 14 days now :shrug:

It's a nice image!

[Bart]

Well done Mike, that is very lovely. :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Yeah go for it Col...what about a mozaic with the 8" F3 :shrug: :thumbsup:



Cheers Logan, yes the influence of Nu Scorpii is rather far reaching huh? :thumbsup:



Thanks Lewis and hey, just gotta grab what ya can. I got two clear nights in a row out at Wallaroo for this one :shrug:..unfortunately it was cloudy during the day between nights and my batteries didn't get much charge, so I was cut a little short on the second night when my batteries got a bit too low and to avoid shortening their life I cut the session a little short, could have perhaps grabbed 1 or 2 more hrs of Lum had that not occurred :doh:



Thanks Bart :)

[Paul Haese]

Gas, dust, reflection nebulosity and all bright. Yep noice. Excellent.

[Ryderscope]

Don’t you just love that FOV! Fantastic.

[Slawomir]

A beautiful image Mike - great to see you wide-field rig working so well :thumbsup:

[Jeff]

Stunning result Mike!
Looks at least as good as an IC4592 APOD I just looked at. :thumbsup:

[Placidus]

Mike that's a work of great beauty. A delight and a joy.

[strongmanmike]

Thanks Paul



Cheers Rod



This rig is sensational I feel very lucky to possess it, I hardly have to do anything :D



Well thanks Jeff glad you think so :thumbsup:



Is this Jose Carreras (https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/35284969_631226000544483_5604581778 934202368_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=fc7a1aec112bcf825c2d45de06e0af2a&oe=5BB2F34E) or Trish writting this?...either way thanks muchly guys :thumbsup:

Mike

[atalas]

Wonderful :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Retrograde]

Wow that's deep. Probably the best image I've seen of this object. :thumbsup:

[Andy01]

Crikey, some one get all this dust out of my eyes please! :rofl:

Amazing, Mike - soooooooooo deep James Cameron would be proud :thumbsup:

Nice one ;)

[SimmoW]

Yes insanely deep, and just a beautiful image Mike! Enjoy the likely accolades i expect

[E_ri_k]

Superb Mike....absolutely stunning :)

Erik

[strongmanmike]

Cheers big Louie



Cool :D...thanks Pete



Thanks Andy :thumbsup:



Thanks Simon, hey, just glad you liked it mate :thumbsup:



Wow, glad you think so Erik :thumbsup:

Mike

[markas]

Great image, Mike:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:


Mark

[Geoff45]

Nice detail, colour, depth etc etc, just what we’d expect from you. However, I think the orientation could be better. It looks more like a dog howling at the moon than a horse. I think you could make a better look by rotating 90deg counterclockwise, so the head points down in the usual horsie fashion.
Geoff

[LewisM]

Mike was this image native FL, or did you use the reducer?

If reducer, which one? (there are 3 reducers for the FSQ 106ED family - I have the QE0.73 for my EDXIII)

[strongmanmike]

Cheers Mark



Thanks Geoff :thumbsup: and yes I did try rotating it, for the reason you say...but for me the stallion lifting his head up did it for me and seemed more dramatic :)



No reducer used, it was taken at the native F5 which gives me a 4deg X 4deg FOV.

I would indeed like a reducer but the one to suit my big 52mm diagonal 16803 chip would be the 645 reducer... which is around AU$3000 :eyepop: :help:...not sure it would be really worth it :question:...but would be nice to have of course :thumbsup:

Mike

[gregbradley]

No you should be able to use the cheaper reducer and it works fine with a Proline 16803:

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/124761790/large

Whether or not you want to image at around 330mm though is another question. I'd say it has limited usefulness.

Greg.

[LewisM]

I know this guy in Canberra that is probably selling his QE0.73 reducer with the step-in adaptor :whistle:

[strongmanmike]

Hmm?...I was lead to believe that only the 645 would cover the 52mm circle properly (of course and then some), I was sure the other only covered 42mm..?

[LewisM]

You can try before you buy :whistle:

[strongmanmike]

:)...what and disrupt my currently flawlessly operating system, rebalance, new flats etc :eyepop: :rundog:

I'm scared of change, re balancing, new flats etc :scared2:...maybe I need another FSQ and PL16803, to use with the reducer, mounted along side the current one..so I can just switch between all three rigs :question: would that cost much :question: :lol:

Mike

[gregbradley]

Tak may be conservative with their numbers unlike many manufacturers who no doubt exaggerate.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Yeah probably....might wait and as you say, not sure the slightly wider field is all that useful anyway..:question:

Mike

[astronobob]

Gee Gee, Mike, You no horse'n around with this one :eyepop:
Intensely Sensational looking horsey :cool:
All the best ,,,

[strongmanmike]

Hey thanks a lot Bob :thumbsup:....It wasn't a spur of the moment thing but I felt unbridled happiness to have taken the bit between my teeth and finally reined this faint horsey in...better giddy up and get on to the next object :D

Mike

[andyc]

Wow that's a good one Mike :eyepop: very fun to have a canter around the image at all those stars

[strongmanmike]

Thanks a lot Andy...there are a few... :thumbsup:

Mike