Humble M42

[beren]

Gday , feel a bit awkward posting this with all the top activity going around here but here's a plug for shameless mediocrity :P First go of the year for M42 15 x 85sec 800iso {D70+OrionED} 15darks/10flats.My primary target was the Horsehead but PEC/autoguiding dramas had me pinned for 90 sec exposures :sadeyes: Im surprised I got this at all last night , couldn't get to sleep and got up about midnight and set everything up for some imaging even though i've spent most of the week just enjoying visual observing {with newly acquired Starry night pro :thumbsup: }

[mickoking]

Thats a sweet image :thumbsup: and far from humble :lol:

[Lee]

Thats a great M42 beren - be proud of it! :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

nice image, I like it! Very natural!

[fringe_dweller]

yes i agree - VERY nice stuart!

btw I love your enigamtic sig 'N = R* • fp • ne • fl • fi • fc • L' care to translate? :)

[mick pinner]

lovely image Stuart.

[spearo]

Laheyh ?

[spearo]

I like the shot. Looks very nice, good field of view
frank

[[1ponders]]

Nice one Stuart. I hope its a sign of things to come for you and we get to see a lot more DSOs from you.


Kearn, the formula is called the Drake equation (http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/SETI/drake_equation.html) and is supposed to calculate the number of intellegent communicating civilizations there are in the galaxy.

[gbeal]

Nice one Stuart, don't be modest. T'wasn't that long ago major observatories were churning out images like this.
So................how many intelligent communicating civilisations are there??

[beren]

:thumbsup: Cheers guys for the feedback.......Yep Kearn Pauls on the ball , its the Drakes equation, always think about it when observing :)

[RB]

Stuart, you're too modest.
It's a lovely image with beautiful colour and like gary said, it wasn't too long ago that the big boys were getting images like this.
It's gonna be a great season.
Looking forward to more from you champ.

:thumbsup:

[EzyStyles]

thats a nice m42 . is the red glow caused by the camera blub?

[fringe_dweller]

ahh!! thats a pretty interesting and cool formula :thumbsup: mucho thanks Paul, Stuart, for the info and link - I agree, it sure gets ya thinkin dont it!

[beren]

Cheers :thumbsup: ......Eric yes that's the dreaded amp glo from my D70 , the little streaching I did to the image brought it out . Thought i had enough dark frames to counter it :sadeyes: