The Horsehead Nebula (B33) and IC434

[PhotonCollector]

Hi everyone,

Here's an image I did last night of the Horsehead Nebula. The image is composed from 13 x 4-minute exposures @ ISO400 with my Hα/IR enabled Canon 300D on the 12-inch telescope with the Baader Coma Corrector. Hand-guided with the 4.5" f/18 guidescope.

Image was processed in IRIS, Photoshop and Noiseware.

Higher Resolution Images are
here http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/Horsehead%20Nebula.html
and here http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/Horsehead%20Nebula2.html

Best regards to everyone.
Paul Mayo

[sheeny]

Excellent shot of a dufficult subject, Paul!:thumbsup:

Very reminiscent of the cover shot of David Malin's "A Celebration of Colour in Astronomy"...

Al.

[Lester]

luv the horsehead. Well done Paul

[xelasnave]

Good one Paul
alex

[PhotonCollector]

Hello Al,

Thanks for your comments. Gee, I didn't know about David Malin's "A Celebration of Colour in Astronomy" book. Is that a recent publishment ?

Paul

[PhotonCollector]

Hi Alex,

thanks for sending comments on many of the photos I've done. Believe it or not, this image of the Horsehead, actually saw me holding a tarp over the telescope while a quick shower sprinkled light rain into the observatory. There were lots of fast moving clouds, one minute the sky 60% cloudy then a little while later nearly no cloud at all, but in the end it clouded almost totally.

cheers
Paul

[Octane]

Paul,

Mate, you just keep churning them out.

Those two images are such wonderful compositions.

My hat off to you.

Well done.

Regards,
Humayun

[Raydar]

Good job Paul. Vivid colour. :thumbsup:

[tornado33]

Wow, excellent shot, Paul. That certainly vindicates both the Ha enabling of your 300D and the 12 inch telescope. The colour looks very accurate and does indeed look like a Malin photograph :) With you getting shots like this I cant wait till the milky way stuff like Lagoon and Triffid comes up in a few months and you image them.
Scott

[RB]

Simply Stunning once again Paul.
Beautiful shot.

:thumbsup:

Hi Alex, welcome back we've missed you.
:hi:

[EzyStyles]

Excellent pic Paul. That looks so nice.

[robin]

Keep 'em coming Paul.These are fantastic pix.Well done.