Horsehead and Flame Collaboration Repro

Following comments made by Jean Jacquinot on my last iteration of this thing, a committee meeting was convened, and the man from the frozen north agreed that some detail had been lost. It was decided that a reprocess was in order, and this has now been actioned. Above is the result :)

 

Does Flickr sharpen images when you upload them? It certainly seems to. Anyway, a full reprocess, colour tweaked in places, etc. etc. Better I think. Thanks to Jean for pointing out my previous oversight :)

 

Last iteration here, for comparison.

 

I now regard the horsey in the same light as Andromeda, so I'll say goodbye to it until next year :)

 

RGB (Moi):

SW ED80/EQ5

Nikon D70 modded, Baader Neodymium filter

45 x 180secs iso 800, 60 x 180secs iso 640 (5 hours 15 minutes)

Guiding (RA only): Quickcam Pro4000/9x50 finderscope, PHD

Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5

 

Ha (Dave Williams):

15 x 600secs (2 hours 30 minutes)

Used Hasselblad 250mm f4 lens at f4 (cropped - quite a bit!)

Moravian G2 8300

Astrodon 5nm Ha filter

Takahashi EM200 mount

Guiding: DMK through an old 100mm M42 lens

 

Done