Saturday, January 13, 2024

Horsehead and Flame Nebula

Picture taken on wednesday January 10, 2024 of both Flame (NGC2024) and Horsehead Nebulae (IC434) in constellation Orion. Conditions were good with temperatures between -4.5°C en -6.5°C. This was my first DSO session since June last year. It was also my first DSO session using the Optolong L-Pro filter. It took me more then a hour from installing the mount to taken my first photo. This is beyond the fact that the day before the entire set up was tested inside (dry run). 
Setting: TLAPO80/480 f/6 with ASI2600MC
Guiding : ASI290MM on Guiding scope ZWO Miniscope 30f/4 
Filter : Optolong L-Pro
Lights : 24x300s; Flats (10x0,35s), Darks(5), Bias (5), DarkFlats (10)
Software : SharpCap 4.1 (Poolallignment), Stellarium, N.I.N.A., APP, CS4, Denoise AI