IC 434, Horsehead Nebula

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

My first attempt at this. Only 4 x 5min images, guided, with the 150 F5 reflector and 300D. Was pretty windy, gusting too 15 knots so wasn't sure how it would come out.

Bill

[peeb61 (Paul)]

Dam fine job Bill! Love the detail!

Paul

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

Thanks Paul. First reasonably clear night for a while, so thought I'd grab the chance to get the autoguiding working properly.

Bill

[AlexN]

Good going for your first horse mate!

I love how newtonians handle Alnitak! So much more pretty than refractors!

Top work!

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Top work with a DSLR, and yes, nice to see a non-bloomed-to-hell Alnitak.

[spearo (Frank)]

well done Bill,
looks ood. I think flats would make a big difference here and perhaps a slight tweak of the color adjustement.
it's all there though and looks very nice
well done
frank

[leon]

Well Bill with the conditions you described and the short exposures, I reckon you have done very well indeed.

Leon

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very cool mate. I wish my first looked that good.

[atalas]

Good effort Bill.

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

Originally Posted by spearo

well done Bill,
looks ood. I think flats would make a big difference here and perhaps a slight tweak of the color adjustement.
it's all there though and looks very nice
well done
frank

Thanks Frank, have'nt used flats yet. Hagar had the same suggestion and said I should try T shirt flats to begin with. So will have a crack at it and redo the images.

Cheers
Bill

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

Thanks for the encouragement guys. When i get around to trying the flats I'll repost the image.

Cheers
Bill

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Yep - great effort Bill Alnitak has been well contained as the others say.