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The Horsehead Nebula (IC434), 01/23/2021

I seem to always be whining about the PNW weather but dam! It has quite literally been five months since the last time I was able to image. For two nights in a row the clouds cleared just long enough for me to set up my equipment before the they would roll back in and I had to tear it all down again. Then, on the third night there was a clear window for four whole hours. I jumped on it, and being a stubborn SOB paid off. I was finally able to play with the new fancy-ass telescope mount my wife bought me for Christmas, it was awesome! I’m pretty happy with this image even though it has less than two hours of data. Maybe someday soon I’ll be able to sink some real time into this object and truly be able to pull out some detail.

 

Equipment:

RASA 8

iOptron GEM45

ZWO ASI294MC-Pro

ZWO Asiair

Optolong L-eNhance filter

 

Details:

Location – My driveway

Bortle Class 7

51 120-second Lights

60 Darks

60 Dark flats

60 Flats

Deep Sky Stacker

Astro Pixel Processor

Lightroom

Photoshop

 

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