unexpected horsey

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

Hi,

today I had an unexpected chance. The clouds leaved the stage and I got 1/2 hour. So I made 5 pics of the horsehead nebula. Afterwards the clouds came back .

Here my result: Pentax 75 SDHF, Canon 350d mod., 5x 300s, ISO800

http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Bilde...el_23Feb09.jpg

cheers

werner

[Mighty_oz (Marcus)]

Very nice. Amazing what u got in such a short time, i envy your skies

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Beautiful shot. Wide angle shots like this are so much better than closeups just showing the horsehead itself.
Here is a purely technical question. If you look closely at Alnitak (sigma Ori) you will see a reflection halo around it but the halo is not centred on the star. I get a similar effect. Do you think this is because of some misalignment? (collimation, focuser droop etc). If you look at this thread, you'll find that the halo is centred

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

Thank you for your comments!

Originally Posted by ghsmith45

If you look closely at Alnitak (sigma Ori) you will see a reflection halo around it but the halo is not centred on the star.

A very good question, but I don`t know the answer. I hope someone can help us!

cheers

werner

[h0ughy (David)]

nice shot werner

[RB (Andrew)]

Lovely shot.

[spearo (Frank)]

well done
nice and crisp
cheers
frank

[Tilt (Michael)]

Great stuff, not a lot of time but you still managed a good image.

Michael

[renormalised (Carl)]

Nice shot, Werner...the pferdey's lookin' purdy