Horse Head, Thor's Helmet and NGC1365

[wysiwyg (Mark)]

Hi guys,

Here are a few images that were taken last night at a dark sky location in SA. Using Astro 40D and FLT132 with Flattener.

Horse Head

Comaprised of 3 x 1200 and 1 x 600, and as luck would have it, I had a satellite pass through it again.
Darks subtracted, no flats or bias applied.
Processed in PS CS3

Thor's Helmet

Comprised of 1 x 600, 1 x 1200 and 1 x 1800, total of 1 hour exposure.
All @ ISO 800 with astro 40D, no darks, flat or Bias applied.
Processed in PS SC3.

NGC1365

Single 30 min sub @ ISO 800.
No Darks, Flats or Bias
Processed in PS CS3
Also added a cropped version. This is one of the nicest object I have photographed.

Thanks for Looking

[Ric]

Wonderful imaging Mark, three excellent imges. Thors helmet looks fantastic against that backdrop of stars and 1365 has great detail in it.

Top stuff.

[Garyh]

Very nice results Mark! HH and ex 1365 came out very nicely! and one only 30 min sub! boy you must have a good dark sky site!
cheers Gary

[Dennis]

Hi Mark

Those are superb images – top stuff!

Cheers

Dennis

[jase (Jason)]

Great portfolio of images on display. NGC1365 is showing some lovely extension to the arms. Pick of the bunch would be Thor's Helmut - the widefield vista sets the scene with very good colour balance. This is on my target list for this season. Thanks for sharing and well done.

[Craig_L]

All look great. Particularly like that NGC1365 and only one min sub! 30 mins - wow! The Astro 40D is working well indeed. I take it you still used the ICNR?

Craig

[wysiwyg (Mark)]

Originally Posted by Craig_L

All look great. Particularly like that NGC1365 and only one min sub! 30 mins - wow! The Astro 40D is working well indeed. I take it you still used the ICNR?

Craig

Thanks Craig,

No ICNR used in any images. The skies there were pretty dark, so noise was minimal.

Mark

[multiweb (Marc)]

Three amazing and superb pictures. Top work! I particularly like the galaxy, but the HH has amazing colors too.

[Craig_L]

Must take my scope down there sometime. Was thinking of Arkaroola but that's a 6 hour drive! Not so good in Somerton Park but still don't think I'd get the results you do, and that Astro must save you some time not doing darks.

[wysiwyg (Mark)]

Craig,

Arkaroola is definitely a must see once, twice I'm not so sure about.

It is pretty far and the last 130 click is shocking, unless you have 4WD.

The skies are amazing though!!

[Craig_L]

Not sure whether the SAAB is up to it. Might have to fly in from Parafield.