my first attempt at m42

[daine042]

seems like a fair few people have done this one but here is my attempt using my unmodified nikon d90 there is only 80 mins of total exposure only did 9 30 sec exposures i think i used Ken Charlwood's orion telescope thanks for having a look feel free to play around with the image as I am really unsure about the color thanks

[Nikolas]

wow

[Larryp]

Looks good, Daine!

[Ross G]

Hi Daine,

Looks good. Excellent first attempt.

Sharp and good detail, especially from the Nikon D90 chip which isn't a great low light performer.

Good luck.

Ross.

[daine042]

Thanks guys, I've never had a problem with my D90 at night has really low noise at iso400 even for 10 min exposures there is a little bit but a few darks and that soon disappears the only thing i dont like is the IR blocking filter all the nebula ive imaged turn out purple I would get it modified but I use the camera more for normal photography

[Ken]

Hi Daine that tuned out very well, plenty of detail considering how hot that night was. Longer exposures on a winter night should be awesome.
Clear skies Ken.

[LightningNZ]

For a first attempt at a really tough target your image totally rocks Daine! The stars are impressively sharp and your processing is excellent.

You clearly know your stuff since you used a mix of exposure times to get the core and the nebulosity and you haven't clipped the background to try and make it look black. Most excellent!

Cheers,
Cam

[daine042]

Thanks Cam but to be truthful I really have no idea what I'm doing both with processing and with imaging haha i just followed Ken's advice and this it what followed

[DavidU]

Very nice !

[David Fitz-Henr]

Nice first attempt Daine - keep them coming!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Nice job Daine!

Like how you have processed the core.

Cheers,

Justin.