The Horsehead Nebula in Orion
 with 10" f/3.9 Astrograph
Uploaded 2/7/16


Instrument:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian
Mount:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG 10XME NABG with Enhanced Water Cooling
Guider: Meade DSI Pro  w/80mm piggyback refractor
Exposure:  RRGB:  30:5:5:5
AstroDon RGB Combine Ratio:  1: 1.05: 1.2
Location:  Payson, Arizona, Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 10 arcsec , Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  25 F
CCD Temperature:  -20 C
Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL:  Calibration, deblooming (Starizona Debloomer), aligning, stacking
PixInsight:  Curves, Deconvolution
Photoshop CS2:  Curves, Color Correction, Gradient removal (Grad Xterminator), Cleanup

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