first proper go at M42

[Tony Leece]

M42 i captured over the nights of nov 17th, 24th and 27th
1 hour of 30 second subs
4 hours 54 minutes of 2 minute subs
1 hour 30 minutes of 3 minute subs
7 hours and 24 minutes used from nearly 8 hours of unguided subs taken.

SW ED 80
SW AZEQ6 pro mount
ZWO 533 mc pro gain 101 @-5 and -10 degrees + Optolong L-extreme filter
ZWO Asiair v1
Bortle 6-7 Greenwood

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[multiweb]

Looks great. :thumbsup: And unguided? Even better :clap:

[Nikolas]

Looks great love how you tamed the core yet revealed a lot of the surrounding nebulosity, great work!

[Startrek]

Tony,
Excellent image with good contrast and detail
Well processed to perfectly expose the trap
A tad more blue bias , saturation and sharpening might expose a bit more in the outer regions
Well done !!!
Should be posted below in Deep Space section IMO
Martin

[Tony Leece]

Thanks for the kind comments guys :thumbsup:

Not sure i am ready to post with the big boys just yet though Martin mate :) Is this what you meant with colour and sharpening?

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[Tony Leece]

i am still very much a newbie

[Michef]

Simply amazing

[Tony Leece]

Thanks Michelle :thumbsup:

[ahmed_haider]

That is a very nice capture! Great details and contrast. Looking forward to more from you :)

[Tony Leece]

Thanks mate :thumbsup:

[AdamJL]

that's not a newbie picture. Great work, Tony!

[Tony Leece]

thanks mate i appreciate that :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Kuz]

Top effort Tony well done . The optilong extreme is a wonderful filter. I can't wait to see what the 3nm Optilong ultimate will capture