Horsehead nebula
DescriptionTechnical cardIntegration details
This is my first attempt at the Horsehead nebula in orion. Not knowing any better, I used the camera with a gain of 10 and an offset of 0. This was far from ideal it turns out, but hey, this is first light on a piece of kit and I’m happy to have captured anything at all. I’m extremely pleased with the result and am hopeful for much greater things to come in future.
Imaging telescope or lens: Meade LX-90 EMC
Imagine camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-PRO
Mount: Meade LX-90 field tripod
Guiding telescope or lens: Sky-Watcher ST-80
Guiding camera: Starlight Xpress Superstar
Software: PHD2, Sequence Generator Pro, Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC
Filters: ZWO LRGB Filters for ASI1600
Accessories: ZWO Mini filter wheel, Meade F6.3 Focal reducer, myArduinoFocusser2
Integration time per filter
| Filter | Exposure time | Frames |
|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 180s | 23 |
| Red | ||
| Green | ||
| Blue |
Integration record:
| Date | Filter | Exposure time | Frames | Gain/ISO | Offset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2019 | Luminance | 180s | 23 | 10 | 10 |
| Red | |||||
| Green | |||||
| Blue |
