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Old 30-12-2014, 08:49 AM
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B 33 - Horse Head

Two years ... and I didn't learn to do this object. I'm not a cowboy !

2014: GSO 305 mm - Canon T3 - 21 x 3 min ( 1 h 3 min) - ISO 1600 - OAG - Skyglow filter - Coma Corrector

2012: GSO 305 mm - Canon Rebel XT - ISO 800 - 34 x 1 min - OAG

Best view for comparison of photos: http://jsmastronomy.30143.n7.nabble....014-td341.html
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Old 30-12-2014, 08:33 PM
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Probably not a good summer object Jorge. Better to image it in winter with a non cooled DSLR. Do you get much winter there in Saquarema? Looks similar to my latitude.
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Old 30-12-2014, 11:30 PM
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Kevin, it is a summer object for me. About the quality of my photos, I was searching for images in CloudyNights and I saw that perhaps the low quality has source with the bad trasparence and quality of atmosphere and for had been shot by Canon.

The time and ISO are very similar, as the images done also. The head is difuse in both. The Canon model and telescopes are different.

http://www.cloudynights.com/index.ph...tach_id=499389
https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnka...ream/lightbox/
http://www.cloudynights.com/index.ph...tach_id=497029

A very better head image I found in http://www.cloudynights.com/topic/48...belt-of-orion/

Therefore, maybe the problem isn't me. I will try again with no Moon in the sky. I will test with different ISO and total time of exposition.
I will buy a cowboy hat and I will try to tame that horse !

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With the Sun that we've had here at the beginning of summer ... I need a Mexican Hat. A very large one !


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Old 31-12-2014, 12:28 AM
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You can get the horsie in late winter / spring, just before sunrise. So you either have to get up early or stay up late! But it's still low.

Probably the best time to image it is as it crosses the meridian, the highest point in the sky to see through as little atmosphere as possible. And definitely no moon. I was unable to image it properly in moonlight of any sort.
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Old 12-01-2015, 03:34 AM
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Well, I am learning !

GSO 305 mm - Canon 350D mod - OAG - Coma corrector

RGB - 9 x 4 min (36 min) ISO 800 - Skyglow filter
Halfa - 5 x 2 min (10 min) ISO 800 - 12 nm
Halfa - 5 x 4 min (10 min) ISO 800 - 12 nm

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Old 12-01-2015, 12:18 PM
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Well it's better but... it's up side down.
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Old 13-01-2015, 12:58 PM
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nope, kevin. Everybody do the capture with wrong position. I am the unique that do it right.
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