oldfruit Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) Managed to get these tonight in the short time that we had. Both taken with unmodded Canon 1000d and Helios 8 inch newt on an EQ5. M42 is about 14 x 30sec iso 800 and 10x darks, the flame is about 30 x 30 sec iso 800 and 10 x darks. Both stacked in dss. Edited January 13, 2013 by oldfruit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) Mark, just checking through my many books and I think we have taken the same photo, but I think it is NGC 2024 the Tank Track Nebula unless you disagree? Ron PS Just Googled it and you are right!! The Flame Nebula, so why does my best book call it the Tank Track Nebula ??? Edited January 13, 2013 by Ron Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Shame you couldn't get longer exposure on the Flame there - I'm sure you would have picked up the HorseHead as well - they are faint though - still a nice capture. M42's smashing as well Mark - good shots Was it guided or unguided? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Thanks Kim, unguided as i like to keep thing simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Mark, just checking through my many books and I think we have taken the same photo, but I think it is NGC 2024 the Tank Track Nebula unless you disagree? Ron PS Just Googled it and you are right!! The Flame Nebula, so why does my best book call it the Tank Track Nebula ??? I think like many object Ron, it has more than one name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Thought I'd put my effort on this thread too, single exposure of NGC2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 A lovely part of the sky. Thanks for sharing guys. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 flame does need a bit of time to bring out the colour good shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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