The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae in Orion

Imaged with:
Takahashi BRC-250
IDAS LPS filter
StarLight Xpress SXVF-H36C
Mountain Instruments MI-250
Guided using an STV-D and miniBorg 50 mm achromat
Image acquired 1 January 2009


Total exposure of 116 minutes, consisting of twenty-nine 4-minute subframes.
Calibration data: 32 bias frames, 32 flat frames, 30 dark frames.
Acquired in Maxim DL, processed with Maxim (calibration and color conversion,
stacking, DDP) and PhotoShop CS2 (Neat Image was used for noise reduction).