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IC434 - Horsehead in H-alpha

Started by tschonis, 02/06/2008 10:47PM
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Taylor Chonis
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I have a few images to post, and this is the first of 4. This one is the first H-alpha image I have taken with my new setup, and taken on a night with a full moon (thank god for narrowband filters!). The focus is a bit weak, but I didnt have a motor focus at the time this image was taken, and it was really cold out, so I did my best. Here's the details:

Horsehead and Flame Nebula
Scope: Takahashi FSQ106N
Mount: Celestron CGE
Camera: SBIG ST2000XM / CFW9
Filter: Schuler 9nm H-alpha
Exp Time: 90 min

Enjoy.

Taylor

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Posted 02/06/2008 10:58PM #1
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Not bad Taylor, full Moons are tough! Moto-focus helps a lot huh?
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Posted 02/08/2008 03:14AM #2
Jason Boyce
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This one looks very good too.

It looks a bit on the oversmoothed side,something I tend to do too.
Maybe less blurring/noise reduction would make it even better.

Nice work.

Jason
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