Horse and Flame Nebula

[CoolhandJo]

Good to see some clear sky! Took this the other night of the Horshead and Flame Nebula. Also, first time I have used my new Astronomik LRGB and 12nm Ha filter!

The image was taken through an ED80 with DSI III Pro, guided.

Ha/L, HaR, G,B
15/30, 15/15, 15, 15min
all 3min exposure times
Total time 105min
Camera was running at 28.5DegC

PS post processing was curves, levels, saturation

Comments Welcomed

Thanks for viewing

[jjjnettie]

:) Lovely work.

[DavidU]

That, Dr Paul ,is a great image. Well done.

[h0ughy]

dont mind that at all

[telemarker]

Good image Dr Paul, natural colours and Alnitak under control. :thumbsup:

[telecasterguru]

Paul,

Great work. fantastic image. Well guided and lovely colours.

Frank

[Hagar]

Lovely image Paul, considering the CCD temprature you have done an almighty job of controlling the noise.

Well done.

[CoolhandJo]

All, thanks for the encouragment and comments.

Doug - yeah amazing really! I was expecting much more noise. All I can say is imagine what it would look if it was cooler. So I am now on a mission to provide some "external" cooling to the camera (Fan and A/C unit) to try and get the temp down to say 10degC on hot days.

[Lester]

Very nice image and scale Paul.

All the best.

[spearo]

Nice image
tight stars, nice smooth feel to the image
well done
frank

[pvelez]

Thats a tip top shot - especially with the heat recently

Pete

[Garyh]

Nicely done HH Paul!

[CoolhandJo]

Lester, Frank, Pete and Gary - cheers!

Frank - Re the smooth colours, moving up from the MEADE standard LRGB Filters to the Astronomik Type 2c is something I should have done a long time ago!

[CoolhandJo]

Well, can't believe it! My image has made Astronomik's gallery!

http://www.astronomik.com/en/gallery.html

First ever externally referenced lnk of one of my images!

[multiweb]

Well done! That's because it's THAT good. :thumbsup:

[tlgerdes]

You are in some mighty fine company on the Astronomics website, but is it really you :shrug: they say you are from Italy :screwy:

[CoolhandJo]

Its me alright - and yes Italy is where my family comes from :), but - they assumed I took the image in Italy! I wish! Took the image from Sydney Australia. Will have to let them know! Quite funny really...

[toryglen-boy]

kudos

;)

[sjastro]

Very fine HH image.

Steven

[Jen]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: nice horsey ya got there Paul :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[lacad01]

Excellent stuff and well done on getting it onto Astronomik's gallery :)

[TheDecepticon]

Not too bad at all!! Good work!:thumbsup::eyepop: