Barnard 33, the Horsehead nebula

[broca (Steve Coates)]

I just wanted to share some images taken over the past 2012/2013 "imaging season".
This is Barnard 33, the Horsehead nebula, imaged 12/17, 12/18 and 12/22, 2011, 1/2, 1/3 2012 and 11/4, 11/5, 2012 from Ocala, Florida.
Barnard 33 is an emission, reflection and dark nebula ~1,344 light from Earth located in the Orion constellation.
RGB data: combination of 2 minute and 4 minute exposure stacked in DSS for a total of 5 hours and 2 min using a modified Canon T1i.
3 hours of Ha data added on November 4 and 5, 2012 using Baader 6nm Ha filter and QSI 683 ws cood CCD camera.
Imaging telescope was an Orion 80mm EON on a Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II equatorial mount.
Thanks for looking,
Steve Coates
Ocala, Florida

[White Rabbit]

Thats a beautiful shot and well processed. I'm no expert but it looks to be a bit heavy on the deconvolution but apart from that it's a crackin image. Nice and smooth.

Welcome to IIS.

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Welcome to IIS..great shot to introduce yourself.

[broca (Steve Coates)]

Thanks for the kind words. Pretty nice forum you all have here!

[David Fitz-Henr]

That's a very nice image Steve, and nicely framed. Welcome to IIS!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very tidy picture. Really nice details and contrast.

[johnnyt123 (John)]

I Have always loved that region of space.
A very tidy and clean image. Great Job Steve and welcome to IIS

[RobF (Rob)]

Beautiful Steve. Had a lot of fun exploring your website earlier today. Looks like a nice pier setup you have too BTW.

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Steve.

Nice colours and I like the composition.

Welcome.

Ross.