Horse Head & Flame Nebulae - Ha only.
The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 ) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The nebula was first recorded in 1888 by Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming on photographic plate B2312 taken at the Harvard College Observatory. The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1500 light years from Earth. It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of the shape of its swirling cloud of dark dust and gases, which bears some resemblance to a horse's head when viewed from Earth.
This shot was taken while I was doing some tests on a new Takahashi Temma driver for the mount. Rather than waste the time & clear sky I went ahead with 4 hours of imaging. Although I have done this before, this one will be higher resolution - though maybe no better! Then again it was shot in full moonlight.
On 3rd Feb. '16, I added a further 3 hours of Ha data just to put a close on this image.
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FSQ106ED
Imaging cameras: QSI 6120i
Mounts: Takahashi EM 400 Temma 2
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FS 60 CB
Guiding cameras: QHY CCD QHY 5 II
Focal reducers: None
Software: PHD 2, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Sequence Generator Pro SGP
Filters: Astrodon Ha 3nm
Accessories: Robofocus Focuser, ATIK EFW2
Resolution: 4180 x 2730
Dates: 24th Jan '16
Frames:
Astrodon Ha 3nm: 22x1200" bin 1x1
Integration: 7 Hours 20 Minutes.
Center (RA, Dec):(85.302, -2.453)
Center (RA, hms):05h 41m 12.496s
Center (Dec, dms):-02° 27' 10.501"
Size:85.1 x 55.8 arcmin
Radius:0.848 deg
Pixel scale:1.21 arcsec/pixel
Orientation:Up is 87.5 degrees E of N
This shot was taken while I was doing some tests on a new Takahashi Temma driver for the mount. Rather than waste the time & clear sky I went ahead with 4 hours of imaging. Although I have done this before, this one will be higher resolution - though maybe no better! Then again it was shot in full moonlight.
On 3rd Feb. '16, I added a further 3 hours of Ha data just to put a close on this image.
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FSQ106ED
Imaging cameras: QSI 6120i
Mounts: Takahashi EM 400 Temma 2
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FS 60 CB
Guiding cameras: QHY CCD QHY 5 II
Focal reducers: None
Software: PHD 2, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Sequence Generator Pro SGP
Filters: Astrodon Ha 3nm
Accessories: Robofocus Focuser, ATIK EFW2
Resolution: 4180 x 2730
Dates: 24th Jan '16
Frames:
Astrodon Ha 3nm: 22x1200" bin 1x1
Integration: 7 Hours 20 Minutes.
Center (RA, Dec):(85.302, -2.453)
Center (RA, hms):05h 41m 12.496s
Center (Dec, dms):-02° 27' 10.501"
Size:85.1 x 55.8 arcmin
Radius:0.848 deg
Pixel scale:1.21 arcsec/pixel
Orientation:Up is 87.5 degrees E of N
Sky Plot
Annotated Image
It just takes time and perseverance to improve ones skills.......the inset is from 2012.
