Test imaging with Optolong narrowband filters of the Flame Nebula, Horsehead Nebula, and the star Alnitak.
Photo description / processing
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.
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Sky-Watcher BKP150/750
- Camera
- ZWO ASI1600MC-Cool
- Mount
- Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
- Guide Scope
- Stellarvue 9x50 Finder Scope
- Guide Camera
- QHY5V-M
- Accessories
- Baader 2-inch MPCC Mark III, ZWO EFW 7x36mm Filter Wheel
- Software
- Astro Photography Tool, PHD2, DeepSkyStacker, FitStacker, Adobe Photoshop
- Location
- Гжель, Московская Обл., Россия
Light pollution
Red, Bortle 7 zone
Exposure
- 19 × 300″ · ISO/Gain: 139 · Optolong H-Alpha 7nm
Total exposure: 1 h 35 m




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