Ajo Area Photography
November 22, 2016


Horsehead Nebula and the Flame Nebula. I think this is my favorite nebula region. Last year I could not get images of nebulas to stack well, so was limited to single exposures.
This one is .5 hour of exposure (30 one minute images stacked). It sure makes a difference. 500mm, f4, ISO 800. The bright star in the center is Alnitak, in Orion's belt.

I took more images of the Sculptor Galaxy, but I'm not sure it improved my final image that much.

Tonight I imaged the North America Nebula and Pelican Nebula, this is the first time with my H-alpha modded camera.
Zeiss 135mm f2, Canon 7D MII, ISO 800 @ f2.8, 65 one minute exposures.
Tracked with an Astrotrac. The bright star in the lower center is Deneb, in the constellation Cygnus.

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