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Horsehead and Flame Nebulae, Pat Darmody
Horsehead and Flame Nebulae
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Horsehead and Flame Nebulae

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Horsehead and Flame Nebulae, Pat Darmody
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Horsehead and Flame Nebulae

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It's a tight fit in an 8" SCT (even with the focal reducer) , but I was able to get the main features of both the Horsehead and Flame Nebulae in a single frame. This is a JPG stack. My RAW stacks for this shot did not stack as well - color was just not "warm" enough in RAW stack. I would appreciate any suggestions on settings in DSS for stacking RAW (CR2) images from a full-spectrum modified camera.

I shot this at ISO 1600, but I will use 800 in the future. Even with my CLS-CCD filter, there is too much light pollution in my neighborhood to shoot long exposures at 1600.

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Horsehead and Flame Nebulae, Pat Darmody