Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  14 Sco)  ·  IC 4592  ·  IC 4601  ·  The star Jabbah (ν Sco
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A flawed image of IC 4592, the Blue Horse Head, Catherine Ryan Hyde
A flawed image of IC 4592, the Blue Horse Head
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A flawed image of IC 4592, the Blue Horse Head

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A flawed image of IC 4592, the Blue Horse Head, Catherine Ryan Hyde
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A flawed image of IC 4592, the Blue Horse Head

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I hauled out to my dark sky site again last night to get the Blue Horse Head, which I can barely get from home. The wind howled like crazy all night and my little portable mount and tripod are not ideally stable. So the stars came out looking like flying saucers. Then the wind literally shut down my session halfway through by snapping the lid shut on my laptop computer. I was able to mitigate the star situation somewhat in Photoshop, but the stars are still not quite right. Still it's the best I'm going to get of this target this season. Next year I'll do better. Good news: The guiding system finally worked out in the field!

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A flawed image of IC 4592, the Blue Horse Head, Catherine Ryan Hyde

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