M42 and Running Man- Reprocessed

[ozstronomer]

I have not tried this one for some years so I thought i'd give another try with the new setup

2 hours with my QHY10 OSC and W.O 110mm



Link to Larger image

www.astrobin.com/384493/B/?nc=user

Thanks for looking.



Image Reprocessed....

Still a little noisy.. more subs next time.

The trap is now not as blown out and image shows more detail than before

Comments, suggestions welcome :)

Link to Astrobin revision www.astrobin.com/384493/C/

Thanks Geoff

[h0ughy]

Awesome

[ozstronomer]

Thanks David, always liked this object

[batema]

Beautiful. I wish I had a bigger chip when I see photos like this.
Mark.

[multiweb]

Sorry Geoff, I'll go against the grain on this one. I like the colours but the noise reduction or something else in the processing destroyed all the details. Did you have bad seeing or was the original shot noisy? Anyway a repro is in order and you should then have a real cool shot. :thumbsup:

[Peter Ward]

Ditto, nice colours but the detail is sadly lacking.

Stars look a little bloated and the trap is not resolved at all.

...there are more than enough "M42 standard candles" on the web
from which you can gauge your efforts or better help tweak the final image.

Stick with it :thumbsup:

[ozstronomer]

Thanks Marc and Peter, I appreciate the comments.

I'll try a repo as suggested

Thanks Geoff

[multiweb]

Looking forward to it. :thumbsup:

[pmrid]

G'day Geoff. I have to admit, my prejudice against OSC images takes a bit of a hit when I see the colors and balances you have achieved.
Peter

[wine52]

Brilliant!

[ozstronomer]

Hi Peter, Yep i'm impressed with the results considering i'm 12 km from the CBD



Thanks Susan

[multiweb]

Hey Geoff, got to be happy with that. Much better details in the repro. :thumbsup:

[RobF]

Nice going Geoff - sounds like the obs is ticking over nicely for you :thumbsup:

[Peter Ward]

Yep, that’s better and on the money. :thumbsup:

[ozstronomer]

Yep, happy with this one . Thanks for the suggestions



Hi Rob, really loving the new dome. Seems to be working well :D



Thanks for the feedback Peter.

[astronobob]

Really nice Geoff, Grouse color from these qhy10's and very smooth result :thumbsup:
I just need to ask if you took this from Briz and if so, did you use any filter/s ?
Thanx,,, champ,,,

[ozstronomer]

Hi Bob

Yes, taken from Brisbane. I'm 12km from the CBD.

No filters, Pixinsight DBE usually fixes any gradients pretty well

Cheers Geoff

[allan gould]

Well done Geoff, really like the final image

[RickS]

Final version is great, Geoff. Good to leave it just a little gritty :thumbsup:

[ozstronomer]

Thanks Allan and Rick for the kind comments.

[strongmanmike]

Much better than the original Geoff :thumbsup:

Nice details and the colour is pretty nice, only the B&W/silvery looking core area might benefit from a bit of a rework..?

Mike

[ozstronomer]

Thanks Mike, Yes might try some 30 sec subs and HDR them in.

Geoff

[astronobob]

Thanx for that Geoff. Hmm Pixinsight - you made me watch some Tutes - has some noice features/tools built in to it :thumbsup:

[Bugsy06]

Great pic Rick