Horsehead and Flame

[MarkS]

I managed to get 2 hours of data on Tuesday night but sky conditions were not that good.  I ended up with too much blue haze around Alnilam (the middle star of Orion's belt).

Modified Sony A7S on Tak Epsilon 180ED. 240x30sec exposures.



Larger version here:
http://www.markshelley.co.uk/Astronomy/2015/horse20151208.jpg

On the left hand side in the top half I'm still suffering from that annoying horizontal colour banding problem.

Mark

[JohnP]

for 2 hrs worth of 30 sec exposures that is unbelievable... So much of the brown dusty stuff... Really nice Mark - Well done,  John

[Carole]

Fantastic Mark,

Carole

[Fay]

Really nice Mark, what a lot to stack!

I cant see the banding


Fay

[Ivor]

Lovely, did you do this in completely PI?

[Mike]

Wow that is stunning.

[Rocket Pooch]

Why are the stars not square?  Is the sensor large or have you done something?

[MarkS]

Why are the stars not square?  Is the sensor large or have you done something?

It's a large sensor 36x24mm.  A lot of the stars are still looking square.

Mark

[MarkS]

Have you seen today's APOD:  http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151216.html

Maybe I should have sent them my one!

Mark

[Fay]

Lots of haloes around the stars

[The Thing]

Have you seen today's APOD:  http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151216.html

Maybe I should have sent them my one!

Mark

The APOD is a bit leery. Where's my sunglasses?

[Fay]

now I see it on the desktop, very garish and extra haloey!

[JohnP]

Mark - I keep telling you to submit your images to APOD - way better than a lot that are posted up..

[RobertM]

That's really excellent Mark, I love all the dust to the east.

You should have had a few APODs by now !!

Robert