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Horse Head Nebula - Wide field, urmymuse
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Horse Head Nebula - Wide field

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Horse Head Nebula - Wide field

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Description

Hello Astrobin friends!

From where my Orion Atlas mount is situated you can get about an hour and a half of data per night on the horsehead 

This effort is the result of three nights during the clear spell the other week

The main problem I had was with the mount 

Hadnt used it since my return from hols in Spain - weather has been so bad 

I couldnt get the altitude back to 54 degrees , the blooming adjustment bolt thing had somehow got bent and wouldn't turn 

I only had a few hours before dark so did some quick research , managed to dismantle the mount head to get at the bolt 

Hacksawed it off

Replaced it with an actual bolt from B&Q , put everything back together and was in business 

Due to these hilarities I have included in the astro bloopers group

Data used:

Ha 36 x 300s = 3 hrs 
Red 80 x 30s = 40 mins
Green 80 x 30s = 40 mins
Blue 39 x 30s = 19.5 mins

=4 hrs 39.5 mins 

I used the RGB data for the stars plus merged in some for the flame and the reflection nebulas

Gradients in the RGB data were horrible so couldn't do more

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    Horse Head Nebula - Wide field, urmymuse
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B

Description: For amusement - its bent !

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C

Description: For amusement - a spanner is required for polar alignment in the future

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Horse Head Nebula - Wide field, urmymuse