Horsehead Nebula from my back garden

Horsehead Nebula, taken with a Canon 350D (unmodded) (I thought I would have to go down the Ha Route to even capture this, especially since I have no Ha Gear or Cameras!!), Sigma 170-500mm lens, at 500mm F5.6 ISO1600




Cherrymount, Waterford

Well impressed. Great shot :shock:

Very nice indeed. Well done.

Nice one Steve.
It's interesting alright that you captured so much with the basic camera.

Thanks lads for the encouragement..... much appreciated!!

Frank, When I set up last night, I decided to see if I could pick up anything at all from that area at 500mm. To be honest I wasnt very hopeful, but it was a case of...... well I have to try anyway!!!. If I got nothing, at least i would know that in the future to avoid Ha type targets, using a normal camera (lesson learned).

Anyway I got about 60 x 120 sec subs of the area with the CLS filter (of course), and hey presto the target was in view after stacking (with dark, flat and Bias frames!!! I have to say I was rather surprised myself to see the Horsehead pop out!!! ....... I think the missus will be happy that I might delay the purchase of a dedicated DSO cam ..... for a while anyway!!!

Lovely capture Steve, I especially like the detail towards the bottom of the shot !


Was your mount autoguided? That's great tracking at 500mm.

Keith..