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Horsehead and Flame Nebula



Image Details

  • Date: December 12, 2009 @ 8:00 pm
  • Author: Tim Doucette
  • Category: Astronomy, Nebulae
  • Telescope: Orion 80ED Apo Refractor
  • Mount: Celestron AS-GT
  • Guiding: C9.25 via Orion Starshoot
  • Camera: QHY8
  • Site: DSE Observatory
  • Exposure: 18 x 15min = 4.5 hours
  • Effective Focal Length: 600mm
  • Effective Focal Ratio: f/7.5

Description

This was my longest exposure time 15min so far with no drift. Very windy on a couple of nights but I decided to use the frames anyway. No filter or focal reducer. I see now that some sort of light pollution filter will be needed to capture the red nebula in the horsehead.