Dusty Orion Mosaic

[Atmos]

I'm planning a 9 panel mosaic of Orion that encompasses the pot of pan of the saucepan, the handle requires a fair bit more work :lol: So far I'm four panels in and reasonably happy with here I'm at so far. I've got a little under 2 hours per panel at the moment and I've also added in the original 2.5 hours centred on M42.

Processing is still very basic, after mosaic construction I've just fiddled with the histogram, some quick noise reduction and saturated until I've JUST gone overboard ;)

High Resolution Orion (https://www.astrobin.com/full/371409/B/)

[miki63au]

:eyepop: Woaaa .... the amount of data must be enormous.

And processing all that :thumbsup:



Looks fantastic!

Is the cam you using modified, cooled?



Mick

[Atmos]

Thanks Mick. It is currently at 9.4 hours (113x300s ISO400) spread out over 5 panels. Ideally, I am hoping to get about 50 hours in the 9 panels over the next few months.

I wish it was modded and cooled! Alas, I am just using my stock standard Nikon D810. Astro last night, landscape and macro this afternoon :lol:

[miki63au]

"I wish it was modded and cooled!"


Not sure about the Nikon, I did moded my Canon 1100D and highly recommend... if you have other cam for daylight.

Full spectrum mod and 'squeezed' a thin copper foil between the sensor and PCB, jammed to the sensor with mica used for transistor insulation.

Then the copper foil bend-around and pressed against a two stage Peltier unit salvaged from an old Meade CCD .... can achieve -10deg, but can fog up. Heater for sensor's front later... too many other projects :)


Mick

[Atmos]

This is my only DSLR so I'm quite content not modding it :P

[LewisM]

Meh...that's rank.




:lol:


Corker Colin, corker.

[miki63au]

"This is my only DSLR so I'm quite content not modding it"


Yep, hear you :) ... I'll no touch my full frame 6D.
... bought the 1100D second-hand for a good price. And took the risk ;)




Mick

[Nikolas]

All I can say is whoa!!!!! Is ther a way of pegging back the overblown core?

[Atmos]

It is pretty dirty aye ;)



I'd prefer getting a QHY367 than modding :)


Need to get some shorter subs and create a HDR. It's on my to-do list :lol:

[Geoff45]

Ambitious project Colin. I look forward to the end result.

[strongmanmike]

Looking good Col :thumbsup:

Mike

[multiweb]

Wow! That's beautiful. Very cool. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[RickS]

Nice one, Colin! I look forward to the full mosaic :thumbsup:

[beren]

:thumbsup: A pearler of a image, look forward to the finished mosaic. Love wide field images of the Orion region, what a start to the season with this beauty :)

[SimmoW]

Nice start Colin, yes these new sensors are great Hoover's!

[Atmos]

Thanks Geoff



Thanks Mike



Thanks Marc :)



Thanks Rick, I could probably fit more in just doing QHY163M + 135mm :P



Thanks, at this stage I'm planning on getting as much data as I can on it next new moon and then I'll probably move onto something else.



I'm quite happy with the D810, I am very tempted to get a QHY367 for wide field cooled Ha responsive version of it :P

[Jeff]

Some very nice dust there Colin! :thumbsup:

[topheart]

Nice!!
Cheers,
Tim

[Placidus]

Don't change a thing !

Anyone can take a photo of the Trapezium or the core of M42. Here is an excellent photo of super-faint starlight reflected off the dust clouds.


HDR is a trick whose ultimate end is a piece of uniform grey paper. Stick to your guns.