A horse from the doghouse 12 nov 2010

[h0ughy]

well i nearly fell over backwards last night - i managed to image for the first real time in 3 months. managed to get 17 x 10 min shots of the area of the flame and horsehead. Stacked in DSS and processed in pixinsight. its ordinary but i am happy to have captured the photons. 127ED canon40D with cls filter, on g11 - UNBELIEVEABLE - the rms was .25 all night (for me thats good normally is higher) - just a pity the moon and light pollution was around


edit-updated image here (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment_browse.php?a=85152)

[leon]

Fine effort indeed Houghy (it is a wonder you still knew how to do it,) :P if your last post title had anything to do with it ;) ;)
Seriously it is a fine image mate even with the Moon hanging around.:thumbsup:

Leon :thumbsup:

[tornado33]

Yep, excellent focus and tracking. Its great to take advantage of good seeing. Filter pulls out the nebulosity well
Scott

[TrevorW]

Houghy not bad needs a bit of lifting IMO as focus appears soft maybe try a smart sharpen and a touch more curves, also there appears to be some banding in the bottom part of the image

[h0ughy]

no darks will do then tonight

[sadia]

Nice one David :). I kind of like the way the image has been processed where i don't get the feeling that its been sharpened.

[h0ughy]

yeah i know the banding is there - didnt get to get the darks done. well here is another take to remove it

[[1ponders]]

definitely prefer the second one Dave :cool2:

[h0ughy]

thanks paul - worth rotating the dome eh?;)

[[1ponders]]

LOL yep

[Paul Haese]

Nice image David. This is one tough sucker at the best of times. I think your location is in Newcastle and if so that is pretty darn good. The light pollution and moon light alone would kill a lot of the available light from entering your sensor.

There is some fine detail present around the head. Maybe get some more subs and try to brighten the image a little.

Well done.

[RB]

Well done Davo, very nice result, especially given the conditions.
Sharp as a Tak. :poke:

You should grab some darks during your imaging run mate. :P

[Hagar]

Nice result David. Not the easiest of targets which you have done well. Alnitak can be a big problem which you seem to have controlled very nicely.

Well done.

[h0ughy]

thanks Paul, there is a fair bit of LP now, thats why i now use a cls filter

[h0ughy]

yeah love to use the 150 ;)

do darks today

[h0ughy]

thanks for that

[multiweb]

Cool HH but I what I'd really like to know is with all the stuff you've put for sale recently on the classified, how did you get all this gear past SWMBO in the first place. I'm all ears. I want to learn and I need a mentor :P

[h0ughy]

that is a secret i cannot tell....

[gregbradley]

Very nice Houghy. As far as banding goes, doesn't that just mean the image has been pushed too hard and its showing the pattern noise of the sensor or is it some other thing?

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

This is a fabulous image Dave, especially considering where it was taken from. It has a lovely darkish sinister look to it like it is really hovering in the dark night sky - nice job :thumbsup:

Mike

[h0ughy]

yes thats true - -but it is also added to when you dont apply darks - thought i pressed the button to do 20 x 10min shots but mist have missed it on the way out of the observatory on sat morning

[h0ughy]

thanks Mike - appreciate that:D

think how much better it would have been with more data..... maybe next month given this weather

[h0ughy]

well i did some darks and redid the image from scratch - so in effect its a complete SID.......

I like it but i don't:shrug:, silly statement but this time around I did a few things differently and i am not sure about the result:question:

[wysiwyg]

That's one to be proud of mate! Well done!

[h0ughy]

thanks

[RB]

That's definitely brought out a bit more detail from the shadows Dave.

:thumbsup:

[atalas]

Splendid work Houghy!

[h0ughy]

Thanks Louie

[Martin Pugh]

Dave
for a DSLR shot, this is super work and I actually prefer your first edition. The Flame Nebula is quite striking.

cheers
Martin

[Octane]

Dave,

There is some amazing detail there in the horsie himself. Well done.

I'd suggest that your third rendition is over-saturated. I actually would like to see a blend of the luminance/brightness detail from your first shot, with the shadow detail in your second rendition. There is a heap of detail still to be brought out in your image (I had a very quick play in Photoshop, I'm that starved of photons).

Grab some more data when you can!

H

[h0ughy]

well send me your email and i will email you the full res jpegs and you can have a pplay

[Octane]

Sending email in a minute to your TPG addy.

Cheers!

H

[h0ughy]

hurry as i have to get my son from cubs in 10 min

[Octane]

Done! : )

H

[h0ughy]

Thanks Martin i appreciate that:thumbsup: