Alnitak, Flame & Horsehead Nebula

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Alnitak, Flame & Horsehead Nebula

Post by weixing »

Hi,
Took this at the end of my visual observation session on 21 Dec 2008 early morning. The Orion was start to getting low and wind was very strong( and very cold, good for camera, but not for me :P ), so the RAW images wasn't that good. No flat was taken as I haven't figure out how to took a proper and effective flat easily.

Anyway, heavily processed to enhanced the horsehead nebula and to get rid of the vignetting, so the result wasn't that good.

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Below are the settings:
Camera: Canon 450D Original
Telescope: Vixen R200SS with MPCC and IDAS LPS-P2 filter
Images: 40 images x 2 minute exposure @ ISO800 (unguided)
Dark frame subtracted and No flat applied.

Have a nice day.
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Post by mill »

Nice image Yang :)
If you could go 10minutes It would even be better, but then you would need guiding.
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Post by swat_pup6433 »

hmm but 10 mins in singapore skies even with a LPS filter on would be suicide.
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Post by mill »

Sorry forgot about that :(
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Post by cataclysm »

Nice effort Weixing! This target is really difficult to image under our severely light polluted sky.
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Post by Clifford60 »

nice to be able to get horse head in sg
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Good one for our polluted skies, Weixing!
You still obbing Fridays at the field next to the Mosque?
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I applaud you for your bravery in standing in the cold!
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Post by yybmage »

Yes, it is really difficult to see Banard 33 in Singapore. Excellent buddy!
[smilie=good-job.gif] (is the bright star Alnitak?)
Blast off!!!!!!!
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Post by weixing »

Hi,
This target is really difficult to image under our severely light polluted sky.
I don't have much hope in capture the horsehead nebula in the first place as I'm not using a mod DSLR, so was quite surprise when I saw it after stacking.
You still obbing Fridays at the field next to the Mosque?
Yes, but only when the sky is clear... which is very rare.
is the bright star Alnitak?
Yes.

Thanks for all the compliment. Hope more clear night sky on weekends in 2009!

Have a nice day.
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