Blue Horsehead

[kosborn]

It's a long time since I've been able to image because it seems like it's either cloudy and raining or there has been a full moon. This one was a long time time in the making as it is a four panel mosaic taken between clouds and moon with an Esprit 100ED and ASI2600MC. Although there is 8 hours of integration, that's only 2 hours per panel. My backyard is somewhere between Bortle 4 and Bortle 5 which helps, but this target probably needs twice as much integration from a Bortle 2 zone to really do it justice. A bigger image and acquisition details are on Astrobin https://www.astrobin.com/88v6mn/

Kevin

[daz]

Nice one, Kevin. :thumbsup:

[PKay]

Good effort Kevin.

Mosaic's can be quite tedious and a work of love!

Good detail starting to appear.

Well done :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Very nicely done Kevin. It looks great.

Greg.

[multiweb]

That's really good Kevin. Superb shot. One for the poolroom. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[JA]

^+1 ..... Straight to the Poolroom Kev:thumbsup:

Best
JA

[kosborn]

Thank you all for your comments. I've been really enjoying the ASI2600MC since I got it and I've been doing broadband exclusively. The image could have benefited from more subs but I've moved on and started another broadband mosaic. Great conditions tonight with 4 hours of subs so far.