Last weekend I did magic with my camera. In a single one minute image, I could only see stars. No signs of nebulosity at all, even zoomed in and brightened on my laptop. But when I stacked 334 images together (5 hours and 34 minutes, taken over two nights), viola! IC434 the Horsehead Nebula and NGC2024 the Flame Nebula were both visible. How cool is that?
Camera geek info:
- Canon EOS 60D in manual mode, 60 second exposure, ISO 400, custom white balance 3500K
- Williams Optics Zenith Star 73 III APO telescope
- Williams Optics Flat 73A
- iOptron CEM40
- Friendswood, Texas Bortle 7-8 suburban skies
Processing geek info:
- PixInsight
- 344 1 minute lights
- 28 1 minute darks day 1, 26 1 minute darks day 2
- 21 0.5 sec flat darks day 1, 20 0.2 sec flat darks day 2
- 21 0.5 sec flats day 1, 20 0.2 sec flats day 2
Space&Aliens 
It’s truly cool!
Thanks! Still working on learning the processing tools.