Another one bites the Dust...

[Andy01]

Here we have classic M42, the "Kraft cheese" of Nebulas. :lol:

So named because everyone has one or wants to have one and it's a time honoured rite of passage in AP.

Neverless, in spite of there being 35,000+ versions of this thing on the web, I havn't attempted this with my current gear, and it's big, bold and beautiful so heck, why not?

I'm going to attempt to do my usual subtle NB take on it :D

Lots of dust (& gas thx Mike) up there, hoping to get 20+ hrs on it if the weather gods permit.

Here's a sneak preview WIP (http://www.astrobin.com/full/272901/0/) just 6 hrs of 5nm Ha so far, taken from my backyard in Melbourne, Australia.

Thanks for looking, Cheers

Andy

[RickS]

Nice wide FOV, Andy. Look forward to your reinterpretation of this classic object :)

[strongmanmike]

I agree gotta do one of these (or several) in an imaging career :lol:... bring on the Andification! :scared: :lol:

Oh and by the way, a common misnomer used when imaging through a Ha filter.. it is not "dust" you see there, it is gas, in fact ionised excited Hydrogen to be specific, so ain't no dust in this image ;)

Mike

[Andy01]

Cheers Rick :)



If that's all gas then it must be like "Blazing Saddles" up there, all those green Orion folks eating beans .... :lol:

[vlazg]

Andy, that looks great, such detail.
Your interpretational be interesting to say the least but it would be nice also to see your version in HaRGB. :D

[JA]

Absolutely wonderful - great sense of depth in the image:thumbsup:

Best
JA

[gregbradley]

That's a grand spectacle already Andy. A really well done and deep M42 is actually not that common.

Greg.

[Placidus]

Machine guns ready to roll! Wonderfully three-dimensional, wonderfully deep. A rare thing: an image that shows the faint stuff while still giving a really good feeling for the main structure.

[Peter Ward]

I'm guessin' Pilgrim, them dark bits are dust. ;)

[Stonius]

I think you'll be meaning 'M42'

:-)

Markus

[Slawomir]

I'm loving it! The image looks great already :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

I think you've had enough!!...:lol:

[Atmos]

Looking good so far Andy, nice dynamic range!

[topheart]

Highly dynamic Andy!
Cheers,
Tim

[Andy01]

Thanks George, In my suburban location RGB is really not an option - but if it's clear on the weekend I may be able to get away to a dark site. Pretty keen to do NB on this one though :)



Cheers JA, I too was surprised by how much detail the 1800 sec subs revealed :thumbsup:



Thanks Greg, There's a few VERY nice HaRGB versions out there, but not so very many in NB, fingers crossed I can get a result :)



Cheers M&T, 6hrs of 1800 sec subs, 30mins of 300sec subs and just 6 mins of 60sec subs were individually stacked in Startools.
Then combined in PS using layers/masks, and finessed with NIK SilverFX pro.
Still lots of work ahead methinks :D



Could be Peter, I'll leave it to the science experts here to decide.



... one little typo.... :lol:







Cheers Suavi, Colin & Tim, I really appreciate your encouragement. Hopefully a sign of good things to follow this summer, it's been such a lousy winter for AP :thumbsup:



Maybe, I've posted an image below just for you Mike :rofl:

[SimmoW]

Beat me to it Andy, Orion just screams for the NB treatment! Even a short test last year with the Sony and Ha revealed the whole region to be full of GAS,, a bit like me. Look forward to deeing the final result, detailed already.

[John K]

Hi Andy,

That's a terrific shot - the Ha filter really takes things to the next level and makes the Orion Nebular region come up at it should.

Great work.

John K.

[strongmanmike]

Hubba hubba :evil2:...watch them though, untrustworthy green wenches.....you'll find them hard to restist...;)

How good is Blazing Saddles though??, that beans around the campfire scene was just the ticket for a pre-pubescent boy, rewound the VHS several times and laughed uncontrollably...not quite as funny now I am all growed up though :sadeyes:

Mike