M42 & m43

[DJT]

Sw ED100 and a self modded Canon 30d with a CLS filter, shot over a couple of nights in February from the Great Southern Shob in the burbs

Around 4 hours of data with 600. 150 and 30 sec subs at ISO 400. It was a real pleasure to go back to this object, the scene of much frustration when first starting out. Tad disappointed with framing but maybe I will revisit next year.

cheers, and where the dickens are those clear skies!
M42 2013 version (http://astrob.in/full/34370/)

[Larryp]

Nice work, David!

[alexandre]

Bravo David of very beautiful colors, if a few information is missing, I has what is needed on my halpha M42!

See you soon;)
@lex

[astronobob]

Very nice David, thats what I like about them ED100's, Pretty dam Sharp hey. Top Show !

[DJT]

well, pass it over then and I will see if I can blend it in :P

[multiweb]

Great shot. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Just your color balance is a little off IMHO.

[DJT]

Cheers Marc. Will take a look at that. I balanced the colours carefully but based on whatever the camera spat out, so I think I need to look at the white balance post processing

Nice repro by the way.

[gregbradley]

I really like that David.

Greg.

[DJT]

Thanks Greg, appreciated. I was very pleased with the changes I made to both capture and processing.



Thanks..Its a pretty slow scope,even with the standard reducer/Flattner (down to F7.8 I think) which is not ideal so it all takes time though I like the results, but it also helps to remember to apply some sharpening on the image. Apparently , according to Jerry Lodriguss, canon designed to blur images a little so you cant but help having to sharpen at some point.



Thanks as always Larry.

[Ross G]

Great looking photo David.

Sharp and detailed.

Ross.