My first attempt ever at the Horsehead nebula. Hard to believe sometimes, but this is a SINGLE exposure, ISO 600, 4 minutes. The night last night was SUPERB again - I was out till dawn! Gorgeous pre-dawn, with Jupiter high west, Venus mid east, and a thin crescent Luna... plus first time I have ever seen Crux go through it's full rotation, rising again south east, and allowing me to do a quick set on the Eta Carinae complex (which is ALWAYS blocked in my usual spot due to trees for the early evening)
Anyway, yes, still some noise (no darks etc subtracted - this is straight out of the camera with only some levels/brightness & contrast tweaking). My trusty ED80 refractor... refractors and me are matches made in the heavens, literally!
May stack this single with the darks and flats and see the difference. Noise exacerbated here by posting a jpeg
Of course, a cropped shot, but that goes without saying
