Big Images from Small Telescopes (3)

Big Images from Small Telescopes (3)

The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae in Orion

Before I had the facility to image over the Internet I used to do my
astronomy in the light polluted skies of England. It was only once I
had a 12" reflector that I managed to see the famous dark nebula
usually called the Horsehead Nebula.

With a CCD and a wide field scope it was fairly easy to obtain an
attractive image of the Horsehead and at the same time image the
almost as well known Flame Nebula.

The only significant problem to overcome was the very bright Zeta
Orionis which meant taking more images - but each one with a shorter
exposure.

http://www.martin-nicholson.info/hor.../horsehead.htm


Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England.
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/1/1a.htm
Visit the Astronomical Hall of Shame at http://www.geocities.com/queen5658/

Nice shot Martin,

Here are a few of minethrough my Celestron 80ED.

Some days things I try at imaging don't work well, some days (rarely)
everything works the way it should. This past Sat. was one of those
days that everything worked right.

I've posted a few shots from Saturday's trip to Anza. Skies were
steady and clear and I tried autoguiding the G-11 for the 1st time.

I used DSLRFocus to get better focus and I think it worked out pretty
well.

The 1st shot is M1. In the 1st frame I had a Leonid go through the
image and I need to figure out a way of putting in the streak again.
This is cropped from the original image. This is 7 x 7 minute shots @
ISO 800.

http://www.ocastronomers.org/astroim...um.asp?ID=5827

Next is a stack of 556 LPI shots of Saturn through the LX200 and 2x
barlow.

http://www.ocastronomers.org/astroim...um.asp?ID=5824

Last but not least is YAAOTHH (Yet another attempt of the Horsehead)

Again Autoguided this is a stack of 6 10 minute shots @ ISO 400.

http://www.ocastronomers.org/astroim...um.asp?ID=5826



ukastronomy wrote:

Big Images from Small Telescopes (3)

The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae in Orion

Before I had the facility to image over the Internet I used to do my
astronomy in the light polluted skies of England. It was only once I
had a 12" reflector that I managed to see the famous dark nebula
usually called the Horsehead Nebula.

With a CCD and a wide field scope it was fairly easy to obtain an
attractive image of the Horsehead and at the same time image the
almost as well known Flame Nebula.

The only significant problem to overcome was the very bright Zeta
Orionis which meant taking more images - but each one with a shorter
exposure.

http://www.martin-nicholson.info/hor.../horsehead.htm


Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England.
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/1/1a.htm
Visit the Astronomical Hall of Shame at
http://www.geocities.com/queen5658/



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I think the key is to remember that amateur astronomy is supposed to
be fun and to forget the days when it isn't.

Martin Nicholson
Daventry, UK


On 19 Nov, 18:12, "Craig" wrote:
Nice shot Martin,

Here are a few of minethrough my Celestron 80ED.

Some days things I try at imaging don't work well, some days (rarely)
everything works the way it should. This past Sat. was one of those
days that everything worked right.

I agree. I do have fun attempting to image. Even when things don't work
I'm at least out under the stars and if I get too frustrated I put away
teh camera gear and put in an eyepiece.

ukastronomy wrote:

I think the key is to remember that amateur astronomy is supposed to
be fun and to forget the days when it isn't.




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