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Astrophotography photo of Horse Head & Flame Nebula in narrow band

Horse Head & Flame Nebula in narrow band

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test "> Bright Giants Registered: February 2009 Location: Hereford UK Posts: 288	This was my first attempt at a colour version of this subject, I had previously tried it with Ha only but I wanted to see what sort of a result I would get using the OIII and SII filters as well so along with 2 hours of Ha data (12x10 minutes) one week I added another 2 hours for each for the other filters the following week. When colour combining I found that the traditional HST and CFHT palettes associated with narrow band imaging gave very garish colours and I wanted to try and get close to the traditional reddish colour associated with this subject so I chose my own palette of Ha for Red, SII for Green and OIII for Blue and chose a weighting of 2:3:2 for the respective channels. I am very pleased with the result in that the nebula behind B33 - Horse head which is IC434 looks like it is on fire and some of the fainter stuff has come out a nice smoky green. Using narrow band filters allows me to image despite light pollution and it also brings out better detail. Thanks for looking
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who's_there
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Wed April 8, 2009 1:12am

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Funny but true..."It's not the size of your tool but how you use it" :cs:

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Dr Morbius
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Thu April 9, 2009 11:11am

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Dr Morbius
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Thu April 9, 2009 11:12am

Keep it up Gordon, you're giving Hubble the sweats !!

malena

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Wed June 10, 2009 5:41pm

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upfyrman

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Yreval
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Lumar
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cikoblog
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Hunnicuttz

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Fri December 4, 2009 5:44pm

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Love it!

reidy104
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Mon January 4, 2010 8:47am

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black cat
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Fri January 22, 2010 4:23pm

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Ghostryderflyby

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Registered: August 2009
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Sat February 6, 2010 6:32pm

Some incredible AP work! I agree, the Hubble should worry. I'm using some of your stuff as desktop wallpapers they are so good!!!

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mamolian
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Mon November 8, 2010 5:12am

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Jaw is on the floor :3

Gregory
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Registered: November 2010
Location: Washington
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Thu November 11, 2010 4:09am

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Fine image, be proud at it's success.

But....why can't anyone show this nebulosity in it's true position...the Horsehead does not sit in the upright position.

Cathy A
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Registered: November 2010
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Wed November 24, 2010 4:53pm

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