Horsehead Nebula - B33

Horsehead Nebula LRGB, Ha. Taken from PixelSkies, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

This target was what got me into Astrophotography many years ago but I could never do it justice in the UK with the light-polluted skies in Birmingham so now living in Spain and running a Remote Telescope Hosting site I have been able to collect better quality data and do it more justice.

Lum 25x900Secs

Red 48x300Secs

Green 19x300Secs

Blue 20x300Secs

Ha 81x1200Secs

40 hours 35 mins in total.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Tec 140 F7

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Mono Cooled to -10C

Image Scale: 0.95

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik LRGB, Ha

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Voyager

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8

Copyright: David Wills