The Horse Head Revisted

A perpetual favourite to visit, this year I tried with the QHY268 and Antlia filters on the ED80.


RGB Colour

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HOO format

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The HOO after Narrow Band Normalisation (NBN)

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Image Capture Details

Frames : RGB @ 100x120s in each filter, Ha and O3 @ 100x600s each, matching calibrations.
Mount : Ioptron CEM60 with starfi connection
Scope : Skywatcher ED 80
Focuser : Moonlite with stepper motor.
Camera : QHY268m @ 56gain and -10C
EFW : QHY CFW3 5×2″
Filters : Antlia RGB, Ha (3nm) and O3 (3nm)
Guiding : ASI120mc with ZWO 60280 guidescope
Software : SGPro, PHD2, Pixinsight

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