I thought I would make another attempt at shooting the very popular horsehead and flame nebula. It's a little late in the season here to be shooting this target so I had to take my light frames over the course of 7 nights but I'm still really happy with how it turned out. I learned a lot about my hardware over the course of shooting this target (especially how important taking good flat frames are) and I also learned a whole bunch of new post-processing techniques thanks to Shawn Nielsen's YouTube tutorials. I've never used Russell Croman's Pixinsight tools until now but I'm blown away by their utility and ease of use, it made the whole Pixinsight workflow so much easier!
When I inevitably revisit this target, the only things I would do differently would be to fix the framing slightly to get a full view of IC432 and also start shooting earlier in the season to have more RGB data. I hope you enjoy the final version
Lights:
Ha: 104 x 300s
L: 110 x 180s
R: 20 x 180s
G: 20 x 180s
B: 20 x 180s
Flats: 33x each night for each channel
Darks: 40x for each exposure time
Dark flats: 40x for each exposure time
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