Test imaging with Optolong narrowband filters of the Flame Nebula, Horsehead Nebula, and the star Alnitak.

 Posted: Feb 18th, 2020
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Technical Info
Telescope/Lens: Sky-Watcher BK P150/750
Camera: ZWO ASI1600 MC-COOL
Mount: SkyWatcher NEQ6Pro SynScan
Guide Scope: Stellarvue 9x50
Guide Camera: QHY5V-M
Software: APT, PHD2 Guiding, DSS, FITstacker, PhotoShop
Accessories: Baader MPCC MARK III 2', ZWO EFW 7x36mm
Exposure:
19 x 300" ISO/Gain: 139 - Optolong H-Alpha 7nm
Red zoneLight Pollution:
 Gjel Moskovskaya Obl, Russia
1 h 35 m
1857
Calibration: Dark, Bias, Flat, 31 frames each;
Date: 23.01.2019

These filters produce strong halos around very bright stars (magnitude +2 and brighter), but I was very pleased with the test results!
I didn’t expect the details to be this good, especially since only one out of four pixels is active on a color camera with this H-Alpha filter.
Overall, the filters are good and will find their fans, and there aren’t that many nebulae with very bright stars—only a small portion of them... ))
Preparing to switch to the Hubble Palette.
Resolution: 2560x1895 px
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