DSOs from Australian star party

Post by **rcj** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:45 pm

Heyo!

Here is the first processed image from the recent oz star party 'produce' - of the Horsehead Nebula in Orion. This object has been imaged close to a zillion times by imagers all over the world, but this is my personal rendition taken with a 3-inch refractor and the CCD camera.

Exposure details: 3x10min for each (R, G, B L) channels. Total 2 hours.

The exposures have been plagued with a couple of satellite crossing and flares. Colour balance has not been changed significantly, giving an output as close to the original throughput via the filters.

Wished to go more for luminance but the Horsehead is already very low and hitting the tree branches before midnight.

Post by **rcj** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:32 pm

Here is the second image, which features a 2-panel colour mosaic of Tarantula Nebula and a part of the Large Magellanic Cloud taken during the star party.

Exposures: 3x7min (per R, G, B channel) per panel.

swat_pup6433 · Post by **swat_pup6433** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:12 pm

ROARRR!! Love the horsehead to bits!! but the bright star there is blinding~~

cataclysm · Post by **cataclysm** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:09 pm

Incredible pictures! [smilie=admire2.gif]

Clifford60 · Post by **Clifford60** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:54 pm

Wow, I don't want to say the rest.