M42 and dust

[IanP]

I reprocessed the whole batch, and as the PI gurus (RickS, Troy and Steve) suggested, I applied HDRM to bl...y everything, .. and here is the result ..
Hmmmm, Unfortunately, the very middle of the core is beyond any repair ........

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[Placidus]

Ian, you have excelled yourself there. The dust is wonderful. The whole image gives a good feel for the bright stars of the trapezium region bursting out of one wall of a thick bit of dust and creating a huge cavity-bubble toward 2 o'clock. Very narrative-rich.

Best,
Mike

[Andy01]

Bazinga! Whatever you did certainly worked a treat :)
Nice one.

[Atmos]

Looks fantastic Ian! I'm guessing that was taken from some dark skies. I tried to capture some of the dust from the suburbs, didn't work so well haha

[multiweb]

Good stuff. You've certainly brought a lot of dust. I wouldn't worry about the core, the field is well balanced as is. :thumbsup:

[RickS]

Looks great, Ian! Lovely colour and dust.

[topheart]

Well done Ian.

Lovely background areas - shows the faint details beautifully!

Cheers,
Tim

[RobF]

Fantastically executed. Hats off!

[Geoff45]

Great work Ian. The dust (always a difficult subject) has come up nicely and the colours in the main neb look good.
Geoff

[IanP]

Thank You All.
Your Comments and Feedback Are Welcomed and Appreciated. :D

[astronobob]

Envious I am Ian - the great Orion challenge - to capture the faint dust !!!

Very nicely done :2thumbs:

[IanP]

TA BOB,
DUST: Not planned and unexpected “side-effect” …
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