Horsehead repro on a rainy nite

[Geoff45]

Another rainy night in Sydney, so time for a repro on the image I took last weekend. I think I did a much better job this time but I really need a lot more luminosity data.

I wasn't game to put Alnitak into the frame, after the big reflection halo I got last time I tried the horsie.

Scope: William Optics 110 Apo
Camera: QSI 549
Guider: Starlight Xpress Loadstar
Mount: Losmandy GM8
Exposure:35 minutes each of RGB binned 2 x 2, 35 minutes luminosity binned 1 x 1.

[strongmanmike]

At this size presentation, it looks pretty excellent Geoff, some good reflections there huh? and a couple of colour blodges (you could hide these pretty easily though)...but they don't really detract too much from the overall job you have done.

Very Nice

Mike

[h0ughy]

love the result

[richardo]

Looks like your 'rainy day' in payed off.
Nice repro!
Good colour balance and the reflection nebs turned out nicely.

Just judging from the smallish image published, maybe a bit more colour data as well as luminance. Looks to be some residual- mottling effects showing up from pushing the saturation in your colour channels.. [maybe jpg compression]

Refractors certainly handle Alnitak better than reflectors... no real drama that I can see here at all.

Rich

[Geoff45]

Yes, certainly more data is needed. Always a bit of a tradeoff between pulling out detail and showing noise.
Geoff

[multiweb]

Nice repro Geoff. It looks great. :thumbsup:

[CoolhandJo]

Very nice indeed