Witch Head Nebula

[aarong (Aaron)]

I gave the Witch Head Nebula a go. I mounted my dslr on top of the scope with a 400 mm lens (f/5.6). Guiding was so easy compared to at 2000mm

I found this nebula hard to image as it is not very bright. The sky glow started to compete with the nebula after about 10 mins. I don't have any filters, so maybe I should do some research A warm sensor doesn't help either.

A total of 3:50hr of data, 10 min subs at ISO 1600. Associated dark frames as well.
Stacked in DSS, processed in PS C6.

Comments and hints welcome.

[noeyedeer (Matt)]

for some reason I love the witch head ... it's my background for my phone (some one did it for Halloween a year or 2 ago ) lol. nice pic, I can't comment on detail or anything but it's the witch head! love it!

matt

pic added just to show the love .. all credit to original .. which I cannot remember..

[noeyedeer (Matt)]

a thread here will give details because it was the pic of the week ... I hope you can gather some more data to fill out the bits that are missing ...?

[aarong (Aaron)]

Thanks Matt. It's an interesting, yet challenging nebula. The images that others have obtained are amazing and part of the inspiration for trying. Maybe I should keep trying, but my camera is old and I'm not sure how to compete with the sky glow. I guess there is only one way to find out

Oh can you post the link you mentioned? It wasn't in your previous post.