IC434 Horsehead Nebula and Alnitak - 5/1/2011 at Mundaring Weir (Processed cropped single image)

DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 100% of 1 Images ISO 800, 300 Sec, 3 DARK, 0 BIAS, 0 FLATS, post processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 A single test shot of 5 min duration, much longer than I can do at home. All the elements are there, just need more in the stack to reduce noise. Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA T-Adapter, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC (not recorded). Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula near Star Alnitak - 21/12/2011 (Processed stack)

My first night using the borrowed PowerNewt and I hadn't mastered the collimation process, which is the reason for the slight double up in the difraction spikes. Quite easily more detail than prior images with the 80mmm f/6 APO. See also cropped version. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 80% of 20 Images ISO 800 120 Sec, 32 DARK, 0 BIAS, 32 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5. Telescope - Jean Marie Locci's PowerNewt 200mm f/2.8 with Coma Corrector, Astronomik CLS-CCD EOS Clip filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient 19C. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula and NGC2024 Flame Nebula near Star Alnitak - 3/1/2014 (Processed cropped stack)

The Flame and Horsehead nebulae are located near the blue giant star Alnitak, the easternmost of the 3 stars in the belt of Orion. The Flame nebula (below Alnitak) is an emission nebula powered by the Ultraviolet light from Alnitak. The Horsehead nebula (to the right of Alnitak) is a dense cloud of dust and gas where star formation is going on. Both are part of an extended area known as the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that stretches for 100's of light years and is ~1500 light years from Earth and includes the Great Orion Nebula in the sword of Orion. The diffraction pattern in the upper left is due to the bright star Alnilam just outside field. This is a first use of my new Astrophotography modified Canon 70D on this object . It compares well with longer 300Sec subframes 10/11/13 in the darker skies of Perth Observatory. See also re-processed version in 2020. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3b51 Stacked 85% of 17 Images ISO 800 180 Sec, 24 DARK @ 120Sec, 32 BIAS, 12 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS6 Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA Field Flattener, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 106' x 159' , Ambient 18-17C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.0.3 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula near Star Alnitak - 10/12/2010 (Processed Stack 3/3)

Night 3 of a 3 night sequence to gather more light for this object. This follows my initial attempt 14/11/2010. This was my initial processing attempt. Also see re-processed image of early 2012. Also see the final image at the end of the three nights. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 80% of 43 Images over 3 nights ISO 800 180 Sec, 32 DARK, 16 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5 Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA T-Adapter, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC (not recorded). Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula near Star Alnitak - 8/12/2010 (Re-processed Stack 1/3)

I revisited this stack of images in early 2012 and reprocessed it with the benefit of a bit more post-processing experience. Night 1 of a 3 night sequence to gather more light for this object. This follows my initial attempt 14/11/2010. This was my initial poor processing attempt. Also see re-processed image of early 2012. Also see the final image at the end of the three nights. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 80% of 16 Images ISO 800 180 Sec, 14 DARK, 7 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5 Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA T-Adapter, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC (not recorded). Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula near Star Alnitak - 9/1/2013 (Processed stack)

DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 85% of 18 Images ISO 800 90 Sec, 40 DARK, 75 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 Telescope - Bintel BT200 f/4.0 Newtonian (borrowed from Stephen Boyd) with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector, Hutech LPS-P2 filter, Canon 40D DSLR field 64' x 95', Ambient 19C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount countrol. Backyard EOS 2.09 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress Superstar (mono) CCD guide camera and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula near Alnitak - 4/2/2011 (Processed single in-camera dark)

Single 120 Sec CR2 raw at ISO 1600 with In-Camera DARK. Post processed by Adobe Photoshop CS5. Experimenting to see what a single shot could achieve. Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA Field Flattener, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula and NGC2024 Flame Nebula near Star Alnitak - 3/1/2014 (Processed stack)

The Flame and Horsehead nebulae are located near the blue giant star Alnitak, the easternmost of the 3 stars in the belt of Orion. The Flame nebula (below Alnitak) is an emission nebula powered by the Ultraviolet light from Alnitak. The Horsehead nebula (to the right of Alnitak) is a dense cloud of dust and gas where star formation is going on. Both are part of an extended area known as the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that stretches for 100's of light years and is ~1500 light years from Earth and includes the Great Orion Nebula in the sword of Orion. The diffraction pattern in the upper left is due to the birght star Alnilam just outside field. This is a first use of my new Astrophotography modified Canon 70D on this object . It compares well with longer 300Sec subframes 10/11/13 in the darker skies of Perth Observatory. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3b51 Stacked 85% of 17 Images ISO 800 180 Sec, 24 DARK @ 120Sec, 32 BIAS, 12 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS6 Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA Field Flattener, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 106' x 159' , Ambient 18-17C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.0.3 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula near Star Alnitak - 8/12/2010 (Processed Stack 1/3)

Night 1 of a 3 night sequence to gather more light for this object. This follows my initial attempt 14/11/2010. This was my initial poor processing attempt. Also see re-processed image of early 2012. Also see the final image at the end of the three nights. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 60% of 16 Images ISO 800 180 Sec, 14 DARK, 7 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS3 Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA T-Adapter, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC (not recorded). Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula and NGC2024 Flame Nebula near Star Alnitak - 10/11/2013 (Processed cropped stack)

Imaged at Perth Observatory site. Unfortunately some stray light has caused the upper left corner circles that detracts from the outcome, probably caused by the star Alnilam just outside field. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3b51 Stacked 85% of 13 Images ISO 800 300 Sec, 83 DARK @ 120 Sec, 75 BIAS, 27 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 with Noise Ninja Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA Field Flattener, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 40D DSLR field 106' x 159' , Ambient 16-15C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS 2.09 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula near Star Alnitak - 14/11/2010 (Processed RAW stack)

First attempt at this famous object. Also see 2012 reprocessed version. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 80% of 5 Images ISO 800 180 Sec, 2 DARK, 3 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS3. Things to note are the high level of noise and the surreal colour effects as I struggled with post processing at this stage with insufficient light gathered against the skyglow. Nevertheless I had captured this object with an 80mm refractor in suburban skies, which I was quite pleased by. Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA T-Adapter, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC (not recorded). Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula near Star Alnitak - 8-10/12/2010 (Cropped & re-processed 3 night stack)

The final cropped stack after 3 nights of light gathering for this object, but not processed until early 2012 and now reprocessed in late 2012, to be less red dominated, prior to posting this on my AstroBin site. This follows my initial attempt at this object 14/11/2010. Also see uncropped version and the incremental images from the three separate nights. The much delayed processing of this shows the capability to revisit earlier 'gathered light' either because you've learned new skills or because gathering the light is a time dependent exercise, but processing it is much less so. Gather when you can and process at you leisure! DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 80% of 43 Images over 3 nights ISO 800 180 Sec, 32 DARK, 16 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5 Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA T-Adapter, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC (not recorded). Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula and NGC2024 Flame Nebula near Star Alnitak - 29/10/2013 (Processed stack)

The Flame and Horsehead nebulae are located near the blue giant star Alnitak, the easternmost of the 3 stars in the belt of Orion. The Flame nebula (below Alnitak) is an emission nebula powered by the Ultraviolet light from Alnitak. The Horsehead nebula (to the right of Alnitak) is a dense cloud of dust and gas where star formation is going on. Both are part of an extended area known as the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that stretches for 100's of light years and is ~1500 light years from Earth and includes the Great Orion Nebula in the sword of Orion. The Horsehead in particular is quite faint and 90sec subframes in suburban skies is insufficient to lift it out of my 400D's ISO 800 noise level. See 10/11/13 with 300 Sec subframes from Perth Observatory site as a comparison. I've used Noise Ninja to reduce noise at the loss of some detail. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3b51 Stacked 85% of 43 Images ISO 800 90 Sec, 32 DARK @90 Sec, 20 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Noise Ninja. Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA Field Flattener, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR field 106' x 159' , Ambient 15C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS 2.09 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress Superstar (Monno) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula near Star Alnitak - 14/11/2010 (Reprocessed RAW stack)

I revisited this stack of images in early 2012 and reprocessed it with the benefit of a bit more post-processing experience. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 80% of 5 Images ISO 800 180 Sec, 2 DARK, 3 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5. Things to note are that the image is more balanced with less noise evident compared to my original processing. I tried to ensure that the background sky (from skyglow) was not too bright and the central portion not over-exposed by paying more attention to stretching the mid-tones rather than squashing the whole range as I had done initially. However, the nebulisty is poorly shown mainly due to a lack of light frames and has consequently been streched too far. Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA T-Adapter, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC (not recorded). Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula and NGC2024 Flame Nebula near Star Alnitak - 10/11/2013 (Processed stack)

Imaged at Perth Observatory site. Unfortunately some stray light has caused the upper left corner circles that detracts from the outcome, probably caused by the star Alnilam just outside field. The Flame and Horsehead nebulae are located near the blue giant star Alnitak, the easternmost of the 3 stars in the belt of Orion. The Flame nebula (below Alnitak) is an emission nebula powered by the Ultraviolet light from Alnitak. The Horsehead nebula (to the right of Alnitak) is a dense cloud of dust and gas where star formation is going on. Both are part of an extended area known as the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that stretches for 100's of light years and is ~1500 light years from Earth and includes the Great Orion Nebula in the sword of Orion. The Horsehead in particular is quite faint and 300sec subframes in semi-dark skies makes a big difference compared to 90Sec in my suburban home skies - see 29/10/13. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3b51 Stacked 85% of 13 Images ISO 800 300 Sec, 83 DARK @ 120 Sec, 75 BIAS, 27 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 with Noise Ninja Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA Field Flattener, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 40D DSLR field 106' x 159' , Ambient 16-15C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS 2.09 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula and NGC2024 Flame Nebula near Star Alnitak - 13/10/2013 (Processed cropped stack)

Insufficient exposure lengths in the suburban light soup to do this justice. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3b51 Stacked 85% of 12 Images ISO 800 90 Sec, 39 DARK @ 120 Sec, 75 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 Telescope - Bintel BT200 f/4.0 Newtonian (borrowed from Stephen Boyd) with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 40D DSLR field 64' x 95', Ambient 11-10C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS 2.09 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Teleskop Service OAG9 Off Axis Guider with Starlight Xpress Superstar (mono) CCD guide camera and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula near Star Alnitak - 8-10/12/2010 (Cropped & re-processed 3 night stack)

The final cropped stack after 3 nights of light gathering for this object, but not processed until early 2012. This follows my initial attempt at this object 14/11/2010. Also see uncropped version and the incremental images from the three separate nights. The much delayed processing of this shows the capability to revisit earlier 'gathered light' either because you've learned new skills or because gathering the light is a time dependent exercise, but processing it is much less so. Gather when you can and process at you leisure! DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 80% of 43 Images over 3 nights ISO 800 180 Sec, 32 DARK, 16 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5 Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA T-Adapter, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC (not recorded). Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula and NGC2024 Flame Nebula near Star Alnitak - 29/10/2013 (Processed cropped stack)

The Flame and Horsehead nebulae are located near the blue giant star Alnitak, the easternmost of the 3 stars in the belt of Orion. The Flame nebula (below Alnitak) is an emission nebula powered by the Ultraviolet light from Alnitak. The Horsehead nebula (to the right of Alnitak) is a dense cloud of dust and gas where star formation is going on. Both are part of an extended area known as the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that stretches for 100's of light years and is ~1500 light years from Earth and includes the Great Orion Nebula in the sword of Orion. The Horsehead in particular is quite faint and 90sec subframes in suburban skies is insufficient to lift it out of my 400D's ISO 800 noise level. See 10/11/13 with 300 Sec subframes from Perth Observatory site as a comparison. I've used Noise Ninja to reduce noise at the loss of some detail. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3b51 Stacked 85% of 43 Images ISO 800 90 Sec, 32 DARK @90 Sec, 20 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Noise Ninja. Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA Field Flattener, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR field 106' x 159' , Ambient 15C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS 2.09 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress Superstar (Monno) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula near Star Alnitak - 9/12/2010 (Re-processed Stack 2/3)

I revisited this stack of images in early 2012 and reprocessed it with the benefit of a bit more post-processing experience. Night 2 of a 3 night sequence to gather more light for this object. This follows my initial attempt 14/11/2010. This was my initial poor processing attempt. Also see re-processed image of early 2012. Also see the final image at the end of the three nights. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 80% of 19 Images ISO 800 180 Sec, 13 DARK, 16 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS4 Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA T-Adapter, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC (not recorded). Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

Caldwell 33 - NGC6992/5 + IC1340 - Eastern Veil Nebula in Cygnus - 10/8/2012 (Processed stack)

Notice an uneven background light in the lower middle of the image. It could be related to the 40D which seems to leak a little bit of light into long exposures from somewhere. I picked this up doing "darks' during daylight. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 85% of 20 Images ISO 800 60 Sec, 55 DARK @ 120 sec, 53 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5 Telescope - Bintel BT200 f/4.0 Newtonian (borrowed from Stephen Boyd) with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector, Hutech LPS-P2 filter, Canon 40D DSLR field 64'x95', Ambient 11C. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula and NGC2024 Flame Nebula near Star Alnitak - 13/10/2013 (Processed stack)

Insufficient exposure lengths in the suburban light soup to do this justice. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3b51 Stacked 85% of 12 Images ISO 800 90 Sec, 39 DARK @ 120 Sec, 75 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 Telescope - Bintel BT200 f/4.0 Newtonian (borrowed from Stephen Boyd) with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 40D DSLR field 64' x 95', Ambient 11-10C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS 2.09 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Teleskop Service OAG9 Off Axis Guider with Starlight Xpress Superstar (mono) CCD guide camera and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula near Star Alnitak - 8-10/12/2010 (Re-processed 3 night stack)

The final stack after 3 nights of light gathering for this object, but not processed until early 2012. This follows my initial attempt at this object 14/11/2010. Also see cropped version and the incremental images from the three separate nights. The much delayed processing of this shows the capability to revisit earlier 'gathered light' either because you've learned new skills or because gathering the light is a time dependent exercise, but processing it is much less so. Gather when you can and process at you leisure! DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 80% of 43 Images over 3 nights ISO 800 180 Sec, 32 DARK, 16 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5 Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA T-Adapter, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC (not recorded). Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula near Star Alnitak - 9/12/2010 (Processed Stack 2/3)

Night 2 of a 3 night sequence to gather more light for this object. This follows my initial attempt 14/11/2010. This was my initial poor processing attempt. Also see re-processed image of early 2012. Also see the final image at the end of the three nights. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 70% of 19 Images ISO 800 180 Sec, 13 DARK, 16 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS4 Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA T-Adapter, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC (not recorded). Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.

IC434 Horsehead Nebula near Star Alnitak - 21/12/2011 (Processed cropped stack)

My first night using the borrowed PowerNewt and I hadn't mastered the collimation process, which is the reason for the slight double up in the difraction spikes. Quite easily more detail than prior images with the 80mmm f/6 APO. See also uncropped version. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2 Stacked 80% of 20 Images ISO 800 120 Sec, 32 DARK, 0 BIAS, 32 FLATS, Post-processed by Photoshop CS5. Telescope - Jean Marie Locci's PowerNewt 200mm f/2.8 with Coma Corrector, Astronomik CLS-CCD EOS Clip filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient 19C. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.