Blue Horsehead from AF19

[ozstronomer]

17 hours of the Blue Horse head using the Samyang 135mm at F2.8 and QHY10

Processed with Pixinsight and Captured with SGP

Link to larger view

https://www.astrobin.com/421126/

I found the focus point quite critical at F2.8 so some of the subs were a little softer than i would have liked. Might try motorizing the rig amd see if that helps.

Suggestions welcome, thanks for looking

Geoff

[Peter Ward]

An excellent example of great astrophotography.

Accurate colour, great dynamic range (while still respecting the light) and photogenic framing.

Well done :thumbsup:

[spiezzy]

Totally agree with Peter top job love it
cheers Pete

[Camelopardalis]

That’s a cracker Geoff :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

That's an excellent image Geoff. Congrats.

Greg.

[peter_4059]

Great result Geoff. You must be happy with that.

[h0ughy]

there is so much in there i cant see the horse! like the others have said ,fantastic image

[dave_galera]

Brilliant image well captured, and I just love the dust

[multiweb]

Cooking with gaz Geoff. :eyepop: Very nice. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Andy01]

Lovely image - well done! :thumbsup:

[ozstronomer]

Thanks Peter appreciate your kind comments





Thanks Pete and Dunk



Cheers Greg



Thanks Pete, really happy with this one



Thanks David



Glad you like it, Dave



Thanks Marc, I think the 17 hours of data helped

[RobF]

Was hoping you'd put this up soon Geoff. Fantastic work - looks even more amazing in the full res version than the glimse at AF. You must be very happy indeed with this one. :)

[ozstronomer]

Thanks for the kind comments, Andy

Geoff



Hey Rob, yep really happy with the end result. I did rework it in Pixinsight as i found a few "soft" subs

Cheers Geoff

[olliedoggy]

New to Ice in space and forums but good work:)

[Ryderscope]

A great image composition and processing. I find with my (14mm) Samyang f2.8 lens that I need to stop it down three stops to f5.6 to avoid some of the lens aberration. Helps with the focusing as well. Thanks for posting :thumbsup:

[dave_galera]

I am also new and will second that

[troypiggo]

Absolute cracker! I know you've been wanting to do that for a while, and the time spent on data shows in the awesome result mate!

[ozstronomer]

Thanks glad you liked it

Geoff

[ozstronomer]

Thanks mate, was an interesting project.

Very happy with the results, looking to auto focus the lens for the next run

Cheers Geoff

[Decimus]

Just a beautiful image, Geoff. Love the blues and the ghostly form of the horse's head - quite mesmerising! Nu Scorpii, by the way, is a septuplet star, (I always find that to be amazing too)Well done.:thumbsup:
Cheers,
Richard

[strongmanmike]

Such an interesting field this one, some lens induced distortions are softening it a little but nicely handled colour Geoff, well done.

Mike

[ozstronomer]

Thanks for the star info Richard. Glad you liked the image



Appreciate your comments Mike. Yes, i think there is some coma and tilt in the rig. More testing when the moon clears.

Geoff

[Geoff45]

Very nice Geoff. The only suggestion I would make is that you need a mosaic to to bring the blue neb at the top into the picture
Geoff

[ozstronomer]

Must have a look at that , thanks Geoff :)

[Paul Haese]

Very nice hoovering of that faint dust Geoff. It does look like a horse in full gallop.

[ozstronomer]

Thanks Paul, I was surprised at what was in this FOV. Lots going on :)

Cheers Geoff

[MortonH]

Brilliant.

[ozstronomer]

Thanks

Geoff