Horshead Nebula in Narrowband

nick

Cherhill, Wiltshire

TMB 105 F4.9 (Televue FR/FF on TMB F6.2 scope)
Atik 4000CCD
Astronomik H-Alpha and H-Beta filters
Meade DSI-c/ST102 autoguider setup
EQ6 mount
Maxim DL DDP processing
Photoshop CS5 final processing/colour blending
15 x 240s per channel sub frames

Imaged using two narrowband filters only (HA and HB) this composite image used a blending technique to generate the third colour channel rendering a unique view of this iconic nebula

2012-01-22T00:00:00