Alnitak
As a kid I could recognize Orion's belt as the most prominent feature of the fall and winter skies over New York. I had also seen pictures of the Horsehead Nebula without thinking about where it was, since I wasn't going to see it anyway except on telescope boxes or in a book. Now with a couple of tricks applying everyday technology to backyard astronomy, I can see the two spectacular color structures -- the Flame and the Horsehead -- flanking the first star in the belt, Alnitak. I'm very pleased with my new Borg optics which enabled me to get this sharp colorful image on my laptop within a few minutes of setting up my scope last night.
Tech stuff: Borg 71FL lens on Starlight Xpress SX-694C camera with Astronomik CLS filter. Ioptron CubePro Mount in EQ configuration guided with SBIG ST-i Guider and PHD2. 12 X 5 minute exposures stacked in real time using AstroToaster interface with Deep Sky Stacker. Image finished in PixInsight. Imaged from my yard 10 miles north of New York City.
Alnitak
As a kid I could recognize Orion's belt as the most prominent feature of the fall and winter skies over New York. I had also seen pictures of the Horsehead Nebula without thinking about where it was, since I wasn't going to see it anyway except on telescope boxes or in a book. Now with a couple of tricks applying everyday technology to backyard astronomy, I can see the two spectacular color structures -- the Flame and the Horsehead -- flanking the first star in the belt, Alnitak. I'm very pleased with my new Borg optics which enabled me to get this sharp colorful image on my laptop within a few minutes of setting up my scope last night.
Tech stuff: Borg 71FL lens on Starlight Xpress SX-694C camera with Astronomik CLS filter. Ioptron CubePro Mount in EQ configuration guided with SBIG ST-i Guider and PHD2. 12 X 5 minute exposures stacked in real time using AstroToaster interface with Deep Sky Stacker. Image finished in PixInsight. Imaged from my yard 10 miles north of New York City.