Horsehead and Flame Nebula

[WingnutR32 (Sam)]

Managed 1 hour and 50 minutes worth of Ha through my QHY9/FLT98 combo. (The last 10 minutes was lost due to cloud)

11 x 10 minutes (Ha 12nm)
PHD Guided with Orion SSAG/80mm combo
QHY9-M
WO FLT98
AstroTech AT2FF flattener (still needs playing with distance)
Processed in StarTools' latest beta

Will aim for another 2 hours worth and then start capturing some LRGB data to add some colour.

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Nice result with good contrast. Composition isn't optimal - there's more of interest above that's been cut off. Great start though.

[WingnutR32 (Sam)]

Thanks for the reply, Graeme.

Cheers for the info about the composition, it did look like there was more above. I originally had it vertical to the camera which was cutting off both ends of nebulae, so I had rotated the camera to where I had guessed the 'correct' orientation. Was close!

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Yes, diagonal is the way to go with the composition, but move it down a bit. Here's a similar sized field with slightly different placement.

http://www.pbase.com/rigel003/image/140949522

If your mount can cope with it, you'll find 15 min subs are less noisy with a 12nm filter. It doesn't let much light through.

[WingnutR32 (Sam)]

Will definitely do 15 minute subs on the HEQ5 Pro no problems, Graeme. Will give it a try if the sky is good to me again. Last night was terrible.

Ahh I see now, cheers for that link. I'll just keep rotating it and see if I can match that composition.

[TheDecepticon]

Good effort. Just the framing and longer subs as has been suggested.

[WingnutR32 (Sam)]

Thanks TheDecepticon

[Ross G]

Looks good Sam.

Lots of detail and nice contrast.

Ross.

[WingnutR32 (Sam)]

Thanks Ross.

I'm guessing Gem or some other Canberran has made a recent purchase as the weather has been just terrible for me lately to get more exposures...