Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  31 Ori  ·  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  46 eps Ori  ·  48 sig Ori  ·  49 d Ori  ·  50 zet Ori  ·  Alnilam  ·  Alnitak  ·  B33  ·  De Mairan's nebula  ·  Flame Nebula  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Hatysa  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 420  ·  IC 430  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  LBN 935  ·  LBN 940  ·  LBN 944  ·  LBN 946  ·  LBN 950  ·  LBN 953  ·  And 50 more.
Orion and Horsehead, Dennis Sprinkle
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Orion and Horsehead

Orion and Horsehead, Dennis Sprinkle
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Orion and Horsehead

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Description

2 panel mosaic of Orion and Horsehead nebula shot remotely from Marathon, TX.
I shot this short test to see how this readout mode did, as well as testing out the reducer.

Software used to capture image:
Sequence Generator Pro
PHD2

Software used to edit:
PixInsight
Photoshop

Total data gathered for mosiac:
(11) Ha @ 900s – 1x1
(49) Lum @ 45s - 1x1
(14) R @ 130s - 1x1
(16) G @ 150s - 1x1
(15) B @ 205s - 1x1

Camera : QHY600 with 0.72x reducer set to Readout mode 1, Gain set to 0, and Offset to 20
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4
Mount: AP Mach1GTO

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Orion and Horsehead, Dennis Sprinkle