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Horsehead Nebula - Swedish - Canada cooperation, Francois Theriault
Horsehead Nebula - Swedish - Canada cooperation
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Horsehead Nebula - Swedish - Canada cooperation

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Horsehead Nebula - Swedish - Canada cooperation, Francois Theriault
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Horsehead Nebula - Swedish - Canada cooperation

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This is a Swedish - Canadian collaboration. Göran Nilsson contacted me a couple of days ago wanting to cooperate on an image we both imaged. I had added some Ha data to my image taken with a newtonian. Göran noted that my data would complement his image nicely by adding contrast and luminance to the horsehead. He was absolutely right!

While I cannot take credit for the processing or the colour image, I am thrilled with the resulting image.

Göran's data was collected by an ES 127ED apo refractor with a TS 0.79 reducer giving at FL 750mm and a Canon 60Da (10 x 300" at ISO 1600).

My data was collected by an Antares 200mm Newtonian (FL 1000 mm) and a SBIG ST8300M (Baader Ha filter, 11 x 300").

I am looking forward to future cooperations of this type.

Göran's version of the image can be found at http://www.astrobin.com/236881/

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Horsehead Nebula - Swedish - Canada cooperation, Francois Theriault