Falls of Orion

[Peter Ward]

I have previously uploaded parts of this image, I've decided it's high time to stop tinkering with the data and reveal the full field.

While M42 is the perennial favourite, particularly for wide field imagers, it's not often revealed with truly high resolution, which I hope I've broken some new ground on here.

Personally it's one of the best images I've done in a while....

The link is here

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Wow - fabulous detail and contrast!

[Nikolas (Nik)]

That is an amazing picture, What instruments did you use?


Edit: Found it on your picture page

[Imme (Jon)]

Magnificent Peter, truly a sight to behold that one. Best I've seen.

One of the best IIS has had posted this year I'd say

You should be patting yourself on the back with that one.

[DavidU (Dave)]

x2

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Ho hum - another M 42. A seriously good one though!!

Cheers

Steve

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Ho hum - another M 42. A seriously good one though!!

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve Indeed not *another* M42.....but I'm happy enough not to re-visit M42 for quite some time after this one .

Originally Posted by DavidU

x2

Ta.

Originally Posted by Imme

Magnificent Peter, truly a sight to behold that one. Best I've seen.

One of the best IIS has had posted this year I'd say

You should be patting yourself on the back with that one.

I think I finally got then colours dead-nuts on.....with sooo many variations on the net I used the AAO image as the standard to follow.

Originally Posted by Nikolas

That is an amazing picture, What instruments did you use?


Edit: Found it on your picture page

Thanks. I could have used my FSQ, but think the Alluna gives a more interesting view.

Originally Posted by Retrograde

Wow - fabulous detail and contrast!

Ta. The full 4k .tif data actually hints at some of the dark globs seem in the Hubble M42 image (which still makes my data look like it was done with crayons )
but I'm stuff pretty chuffed to see I'd caught many details in the ESO/Hubble data.

[spiezzy]

:ey epop::eyepo p:: eyepop::eye pop::eyepop ::e yepop::eyep op:

[Wussell (Russell)]

Fantastic

[alpal]

Hi Peter,
I don't think I've seen a better M42.


cheers
Allan

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Wussell

Fantastic

Originally Posted by spiezzy

:ey epop::eyepo p:: eyepop::eye pop::eyepop ::e yepop::eyep op:

I know my forthright nature likely precludes any fanbase/clique following...
So your entertaining and very positive feedback is very much appreciated !

Guess it's a keeper then

[leon]

Keeper, you say I should think so that is just brilliant, and as said already I too have never seen so much detail in a M42 capture, beautiful image Peter.

Leon

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by leon

Keeper, you say I should think so that is just brilliant, and as said already I too have never seen so much detail in a M42 capture, beautiful image Peter.

Leon

Thanks very much Leon. Glad you enjoyed the view.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very smooth Peter, love the colours and details.

[Atmos (Colin)]

This is very reminiscent of an image Rolf posted a while back, albeit wider and with an edge on contrast so very well done
My only gripe is that there are too many damn stars around the Trap to figure out which his which

[Benjamin (Ben)]

Nothing to say. Astonishingly 3D

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Nothing to say. Astonishingly 3D

Many thanks

Originally Posted by Atmos

This is very reminiscent of an image Rolf posted a while back, albeit wider and with an edge on contrast so very well done
My only gripe is that there are too many damn stars around the Trap to figure out which his which

While the web version I've uploaded doesn't really show the fine details in the 4k original...I'm happy to be mentioned in the same sentence as Rolf, who's work is simply awesome IMHO.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Very smooth Peter, love the colours and details.

Ta Marc. I guess the details come down to the fact the Alluna can deliver 5 micron spot sizes (but only in orbit )
however imaging pretty much at sea level, I'm never going to see that. (the mind boggles how this puppy would perform in a high Chilean desert)
Even so, on sub 2 arc sec seeing nights the data
doesn't need any fancy processing, it pretty much just needs calibration and scaling
which I guess is the really remarkable bit.

[topheart]

WOW!

Such great dynamic range, contrast and detail!
Cheers,
Tim

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Very smooth & colourful Peter.

Something not quite right with the core though, looks a bit flat & a tad muddy, like it's been burnt in too much?

Lovely image regardless

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Andy01

Very smooth & colourful Peter.

Something not quite right with the core though, looks a bit flat & a tad muddy, like it's been burnt in too much?

Lovely image regardless

Ta Andy..yep...I'll take that on board...a little more sparkle in the core added just now.

Originally Posted by topheart

WOW!

Such great dynamic range, contrast and detail!
Cheers,
Tim

Thanks Tim.