M42 - The Orion Nebula - first light for the 533MC Pro!
This is the first light for my new camera, the ZWO ASI533MC Pro, and why not shoot everyone's favourite target - M42! I ordered the camera (alongside other things like the EOS adapter, a UV/IR cut, and an autoguider) from Bintel on Black Friday, and everything came 2-3 weeks later (first the main camera came, then everything else a week later). I managed to get first light about a week later but sadly haven't been able to get out any more due to clouds and other commitments. I'm very happy with this camera - it's much more sensitive and cleaner than my DSLR, and downloads are incredibly fast too. I'd highly recommend this to anyone who's in the market for an affordable and good OSC cam!
Taken with a ZWO ASI533MC Pro (obviously), Canon EF 100-400mm, Skywatcher HEQ5, and an Astronomik L-3. 27x180" lights at Gain 100, Offset 15, for a total of 81 minutes of integration time. Processed in Pixinsight, watermark in Photoshop.
Great first light with the camera. You've controlled the core brightness well considering you didn't exposure blend with only minimal clipping (taking some shorter lights for the core is recommended)
Might want to resize the image down for posting here though as JPG compression is killing the quality big time to hit the IIS attachment size limits.
