Spiky Horse Head, Unmodded Canon 1100D.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Hi,

I recently adjusted my vanes on the 8" f/ astrograph, and thought I'd do a Horse Head with bright star Zeta Orion in the Field.
Sure makes for dramatic spikes!!

This is the third time for the Horse head region and I think my best so far. I'm happy with the definition that's come out in the HA curtain.
Quite a lot of processing to get this with the unmodded 1100D.

Equipment used.
8” F/4 astrograph , baader type 3 coma corrector,. HEQ Pro 5 mount, orion mini guider.
Camera.
Unmodded Cannon 1100D.

10 x 8 minute subs an 10 x 5 minutes, ISO 1600, darks, flats and bias frames applied.
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker .Processed in Photoshop 7.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Looks good Justin, I tried this little fella as well last night but gave up due to light pollution and battery running flat. Your spikes are looking good.

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Nice result with 1100D Justin!

Very nice

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Astroman

Looks good Justin, I tried this little fella as well last night but gave up due to light pollution and battery running flat. Your spikes are looking good.

Thanks Andrew!

Don't you wish they'd turn off the street lights after midnight like the used to!!!
Boy that's a while ago, showing my age huh!

Originally Posted by Rod771

Nice result with 1100D Justin!

Very nice

Thanks Rod!

Cheers,

Justin.

[TimberLand (Justin)]

Top job with the 1100 and another big thumbs up for the diffraction spikes

Must be great to just drop outside and start using the scope.

Justin

[desler]

Really a very good result with the 1100d. Doesn't matter how many times you see the old nag, it's always a pleasure when presented nicely!

Darren

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by TimberLand

Top job with the 1100 and another big thumbs up for the diffraction spikes

Must be great to just drop outside and start using the scope.

Justin

Thanks Justin!

Yep, it's a privilege that's for sure.

Originally Posted by desler

Really a very good result with the 1100d. Doesn't matter how many times you see the old nag, it's always a pleasure when presented nicely!

Darren

Thanks Darren!

Don't know what we'd do with out the Horsy.

Cheers,

Justin.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Very impressive result considering the gear used.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Very nice, Justin!

[Lee]

Nice image Justin....
What did you do to the vanes??

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great colors. Maybe a tad soft with smoothing, maybe noise reduction.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Very impressive result considering the gear used.

Thanks Kevin!

Originally Posted by Larryp

Very nice, Justin!

Thanks Laurie!

Originally Posted by Lee

Nice image Justin....
What did you do to the vanes??

Thanks Lee!

The spider vanes were out of alignment producing double spikes. It took a couple of goes to get them right.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Great colors. Maybe a tad soft with smoothing, maybe noise reduction.

Thanks Marc!

Yep, I went a little heavy on the adaptive filter in IRIS.

Cheers,

Justin.

[IanP]

Justin,
Really incredible result with the unmodded 1100d.

[David Fitz-Henr]

Yep, another nice result for the 1100D

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by IanP

Justin,
Really incredible result with the unmodded 1100d.

Thanks Ian!

Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr

Yep, another nice result for the 1100D

Thanks David!

Cheers,

Justin.

[Ross G]

Good looking Horse Head Justin.

Like the colour.

Love the spikes!

Ross.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

Good looking Horse Head Justin.

Like the colour.

Love the spikes!

Ross.

Thanks Ross!

Had any imaging time yourself?

Cheers,

Justin.