Orions Belt and Sword

avandonk · #1 20-10-2007, 07:31 AM

Managed to collect a decent amount of data after Moonset and before morning twilight.
Canon 5DH, Canon 300mm F2.8L. All at F/2.8 and an ISO of 500.

Exposure sets at 15s, 30s , 1,2,4,8,16 min.

Processed with ImagesPlus, stacked and aligned with Registar, used EasyHDR to produce an LDR image from this data.

Large image 1.6 MB
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~trlee8/ORbs_hdr.jpg

It is tempting to up the contrast or fiddle with curves but this is a realistic representation of the relative intensities of all tne objects in this image.

Bert

Bert

Ric · #2 20-10-2007, 07:38 AM

Wonderful widefield Bert, a great capture. The Horsehead looks great just hanging there.

Well done.

tornado33 · #3 20-10-2007, 08:18 AM

Great to be able to see the Horsehead but also m42 not overexposed. Well done.
Scott

Lee · #4 20-10-2007, 08:39 AM

Probably the best widefield shot I have seen through this area..... and not many other areas would top it anyway!

sheeny (Al) · #5 20-10-2007, 08:41 AM

Gorgeous, Bert! A great application of HDR processing!

Al.

iceman (Mike) · #6 20-10-2007, 08:54 AM

Wow, what a brilliant widefield!

What do you guide with?

Garyh · #7 20-10-2007, 11:26 AM

very nice Bert!

and done from a LP site!
I have been wanting to do this area with the 200mm but the seeing has been rather good up here the last week...so the scope it was!!
cheers Gary

WadeH (Wade) · #8 20-10-2007, 01:38 PM

Well done Bert. Just love it!!

Nice to be able to see the relation of the various stars and nebula to each other so clearly.