Benjamin
04-02-2025, 10:43 PM
Adding to the collection of horses, although this one is desperately short of form with it's rather wild HA.
Have had no luck imaging much at all, other than planets. This sub 2 hour version of the horse and flame was a hands on affair, with adjustments made on the fly to match exposure times and windows in the low cloud: a big cloud gap meant I could get in some Ha, small gaps were assigned on the fly to channels that seemed to be most affected by cloud. Then processing it was another learning curve (AGAIN) dealing as best I could with the little amount of data. In the end I got an image but wouldn't say it's particularly faithful to the object. Was glad to sneak in a nod to the galaxy PGC 147737.
https://www.astrobin.com/full/ggiog4/E/
Scope: Skywatcher Esprit 100
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R
Filters: Astronomik Type 2c LRGB and 6nm Ha
LUM 50x60s, R 13x60s, G 13x60s, B 15x60s, Ha 8x180s
Have had no luck imaging much at all, other than planets. This sub 2 hour version of the horse and flame was a hands on affair, with adjustments made on the fly to match exposure times and windows in the low cloud: a big cloud gap meant I could get in some Ha, small gaps were assigned on the fly to channels that seemed to be most affected by cloud. Then processing it was another learning curve (AGAIN) dealing as best I could with the little amount of data. In the end I got an image but wouldn't say it's particularly faithful to the object. Was glad to sneak in a nod to the galaxy PGC 147737.
https://www.astrobin.com/full/ggiog4/E/
Scope: Skywatcher Esprit 100
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R
Filters: Astronomik Type 2c LRGB and 6nm Ha
LUM 50x60s, R 13x60s, G 13x60s, B 15x60s, Ha 8x180s