The Horsehead Nebula in Orion - IC434
Imaged from Nova Scotia, Fall 2014
HaRGB Combination
Data
Altitude at culmination 43°
Airmass Value at culmination(sec z) 1.5
Taking Camera SBIG STL-11002XM
Nova Scotia Fall 2014, ~mag 6.4 - @-20C
Imaging OTA
Takahashi TOA-150 with TOA-67 Field Flattener
Equivalent focal length and ratio
1090mm f/7.3
Mount
Astro-Physics 1600GTO
Guiding
PHD2/MMOAG/SBIG ST-i
HaRGB Total Integration Time 15.5 hrs
Ha 9X30min, R21x10min, G-21x10min, B24x10min-Astrodon Gen 2 I series Filters and 5nm Ha. All binned 1X1
Acquisition
Main Sequence Software-Sequence Generator Pro
Calibration and Stacking
Darks, Flats and Bias - Stacked and calibrated with PixInsight
Reprocessed 2022
PixInsight, Affinity Photo v.2.0 and Bob Franke's CCDBand-Aid
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Monochrome Ha Only
Data
Altitude at culmination 43°
Airmass Value at culmination(sec z) 1.5
Taking Camera SBIG STL-11002XM
Nova Scotia Fall 2014, ~mag 6.4 - @-20C
Imaging OTA
Takahashi TOA-150 with TOA-67 Field Flattener
Equivalent focal length and ratio
1090mm f/7.3
Mount
Astro-Physics 1600GTO
Guiding
PHD2/MMOAG/SBIG ST-i
Ha
Ha 9X30min-Astrodon 5nm Ha. Binned 1X1
Acquisition
Main Sequence Software-Sequence Generator Pro
Calibration and Stacking
Darks, Flats and Bias - Stacked and calibrated with PixInsight
Reprocessed 2022
PixInsight, Affinity Photo v.2.0 and Bob Franke's CCDBand-Aid
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