Horsehead

[Muzfox]

Got around 4 hours of data in Ha, SII and OIII total last night on the Horsey. 5 minute exposures with my Askar 107PHQ, 2600mm Pro, Antlia 3nm filters, EQ6-R Pro mount. Really not a lot of data to work with, hardly any Oxygen in there some good sulphur. Processed in Pixinsight and finished in photoshop.

[Dave882]

Wow that nb data really makes the detail in the nebulously around the horsehead standout. Great work!

[Muzfox]

Yeah it does for sure. Have to be very careful when processing to not push anything too much and lose that detail.

[Muzfox]

I had a bit of a reprocess as I'm still very new to Mono. I realise now my O3 was stuffed with nasty gradients and I shot it at the wrong time and wrong night. Moving forward I'll be only capturing O3 after the meridian as I have a lot less sky glow that direction, and when the moon isn't around. As a result with the data I have I'll never get the colours the way I want them. Still, I did this one a bit more subtle, got a bit more detail out of the bright areas, and even some detail in NGC 2023. Quite happy with that.

Full resolution image here : https://www.astrobin.com/94ynkv/

[Kuz]

Superb detail. The actual horse head itself looks awsome .