Reprocess of Horsehead Nebula

[BruceG (Bruce)]

Decided to throw my horsehead tif through StarTools and am happy with the result. It has squeezed out some more detail and given it more punch compared with the original.
Acquisition was 18 x 4 minutes at 1600 ISO. Calibration consisted of just 9 darks - no bias or flats.
Higher res here.

[raymo]

Lovely, Bruce.
raymo

[Rex]

That's come up a treat Bruce, nice going.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very nicely done. Great colors.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

That's a cracker Bruce. 10/10.

[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

Really Good Bruce. One for the pool room!
Graz

[BruceG (Bruce)]

Wow - thanks Ray, Rex, Marc, Kevin and Graham. I am very happy with the result, especially when all considered it was only my 3rd astrophoto acquisition.
And Graham, that old Mead DSI camera I bought off you tracks the mount a treat doesn't it.
Cheers,
Bruce.

[LightningNZ (Cam)]

That's a very respectable Horsehead Bruce. Well done!
-Cam

[MelD (Melvyn)]

That's a great image, Bruce. And modesty prevents you from explaining that it's only your third attempt at astroimaging! Well done.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Fantastic Bruce! What camera did you use for this?

Cheers
Jo

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Beautiful Bruce, well done

[ZeroID (Brent)]

That's looking very good Bruce, Nice and sharp with plenty of natural colour, not overdone.
Excellent
Go to the head of the class...

[BruceG (Bruce)]

Hey thanks Mel and Jo - I used the trusty 300D (modified) that I got off Mel - thanks Mel
Thanks also Dunk and Brent - not sure I deserve such high praise though. Yes it was one of my first captures from back in January, I have improved some in the processing area and a lot of cred goes to the software (nebulosity 3 for stacking and calibrating with darks, and my most recent purchase of StarTools).
Still not 100% sure of what I am doing with it's many processes, but I do like the way it works, try this option, look at the before and after, if its an improvement keep, if not, cancel and off you go to the next process.
Anyway, the end result I think speaks high praise for the creator of StarTools, Ivor Jager a genius from Melbourne.
Cheers,
Bruce.