The Horsehead and Alnitak region (Arrghh, another!)
Hello everyone, I have been away from this forum for a little while with little if not access at all but I see the level of images posted is always very high!
I finally managed to process the light I collected on one of the most classics targets of the winter sky, apologies in advance so for posting again another picture of the horsehead but I didn't have a decent portrait of it in my gallery
I started to collect the luminance of this image at the beginning of 2013, over a year ago, then the long stop I had in my observatory due to the Warrumbungle fire last year prevented me to collect the RGB and Ha light until the end of last year / beginning of this year.
However, finally I managed to complete the missing data and here is the result:
In total almost 14 hours of light for this fantastic area. I am very pleased with the result, you can see many details in the horsehead (at least for what the resolution of my telescope allows) and I love the detail of the dust in general. It is also a very colorful region of sky, IMO one of the most beautiful areas of sky ! Recommended the full resolution view (click the last icon in the lower right corner to select the "original" resolution, about 15 megapixel JPG)
all is forgiven - that is not just "another" M42. It is a real gem of an image showing lots of stuff that I hadn't noticed before - very well done. Regards Ray
Only 14 hrs...? Maaaaate, get serious , you will be laughed at by some for that little amount of time ...kinda shows that mega data is perhaps not n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-i-l-y the panacea for spectacular images that some believe it to be
Once again it shows that collecting Luminance is best for a well rounded HH though, shows the dust well .
Yes its definitely a "must see". Fantastic effort despite the set back with fires.
Another inspiring image, well done Marco
Thanks Rod, fortunately the fire spared my observatory leaving some minor damages only, it took time to replace some cables but the final big loss was only of time
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Originally Posted by Shiraz
all is forgiven - that is not just "another" M42. It is a real gem of an image showing lots of stuff that I hadn't noticed before - very well done. Regards Ray
I suppose you mean IC 434 Ray Thanks for the appreciation!
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Originally Posted by alpal
Hi Marco,
that's a fantastic image.
I love the brown areas of dust that are showing through in even the darkest areas.
cheers
Allan
Thanks Allan, it is what I like too of this area, lots of dust here and there that gives "dept" to the field!
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Superb Marco. Love it.
Greg.
Thanks Greg!
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Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne
Fabulous Marco!
Please don't apologise for posting another horse head, it's stunning !!.
Detail and colour balance a master piece.
Cheers,
Justin.
Thanks Justin, so I will post now M42, Eta etc without fear Kidding, luckily for you I posted them already last year, but perhaps I will redo them in the future
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Only 14 hrs...? Maaaaate, get serious , you will be laughed at by some for that little amount of time ...kinda shows that mega data is perhaps not n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-i-l-y the panacea for spectacular images that some believe it to be
Once again it shows that collecting Luminance is best for a well rounded HH though, shows the dust well .
Excellent work Marco
Mike
Hehe, thanks Mike, it seems I missed some discussions on other topics here, did I? Need to spend some time to catch up with forum..
Nice image of a much favoured area Marco. Nice colouring and detail. Well done. I like that little knot you captured in the upper left. Such an interesting region. Martin suggested I go deeper still with the lum data that I did. I am sort of inclined to agree with him based on what I have been seeing in images I am preparing at present. Its incredible how strong the signal gets after a while. One just has to be patient to receive the results. Certainly a good example of that is Rolfs very deep Centaurus A.
Nothing wrong with mega data Mike; you seem to be on some crusade about all this. Oh well if you have to image the entire heavens in 12 months so be it. I will stick to going deep.
all is forgiven - that is not just "another" M42. It is a real gem of an image showing lots of stuff that I hadn't noticed before - very well done. Regards Ray
Arrgh! sorry Marco - - I clearly need more sleep. no disrespect intended, it really is a cracker of an image
Nothing wrong with mega data Mike; you seem to be on some crusade about all this. Oh well if you have to image the entire heavens in 12 months so be it. I will stick to going deep.
Oh I wasn't necessarily refering to you but hey, nothing wrong with it at all, nock ya sox off It's cost benifit in the end and automated setups bring the effort cost (not $ ) down, so you (and Marco)are lucky .
You often mention talking with Martin these days - good source of info there, good luck...I don't think I am the one on the crusade
Oh and nice is not really a fair term to describe Marcos image IMO either...more like amazing, beautiful, fantastic, exceptional, splendid...ok, that'll do
but I didn't have a decent portrait of it in my gallery 
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...kinda shows that mega data is perhaps not n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-i-l-y the panacea for spectacular images that some believe it to be 
Thanks for the appreciation!
) down, so you (and Marco)are lucky 
