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IC434 - Horsehead Nebula in LRGB+Ha, TomBramwell
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IC434 - Horsehead Nebula in LRGB+Ha, TomBramwell
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IC434 - Horsehead Nebula in LRGB+Ha

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IC 434- Horsehead Nebula - LRGB+Ha

The Horsehead nebula was my old man's favorite object in the night sky. Early on as a child, I was trained to find it next to Alnitak in the winter to the south. Whenever I image it as an adult, I can feel his love of astrophotography and can hear his voice of approval in my mind as the subframes roll in. He passed the day after I graduated high school in 1990 - What I can do with today's technology would completely blow his mind. This one's for you, dad.

6 x 300s, 30 x 60s Red

6 x 300s, 30 x 60s Green

6 x 300s, 30 x 60s Blue

6 x 300s, 30 x 60s Luminance

10 x 1800s Ha (screened 40% into red channel)

(9 hours total integration)

30 ea Bias, Flat, Dark

Sensor temperature: -22c

LRGB Shot on 11.07 and 11.08.2018 atop Chews Ridge in the Los Padres National Forest in California

Ha data shot on 12.07.2018 at Fremont Peak Observatory - Salinas, CA

Equipment:

Primalucelab Airy APO 65F w/ 2" FeatherTouch

QSI 683wsg-8 w/ Lodestar X2 (OAG)

Avalon Instruments M-Uno Fast Reverse Mount

Filters: Astronomik LRGB, Astrodon 3nm Ha, IDAS-D2 LPS

Primalucelab EAGLE2 Pro

Primalucelab Sesto Senso robotic focus

Image by Tom Bramwell

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IC434 - Horsehead Nebula in LRGB+Ha, TomBramwell