Imaging the Horsehead Nebula

Another cold winter session and I’m trying out my new LifePixel modified Nikon D5300. The h-alpha response is incredible. I can finally see strong dark red signal registering. This is a great improvement over my D3200 camera. In addition, I have stopped using dark frames. It is too time consuming and a pain to accurately match them to the sensor temperature during imaging. Dithering is much more effective and produces much better results on DSLRs. By hooking up the camera to BackyardNikon, I can setup a dithering routine with a click of a button.

Last Updated on September 11, 2019