First go at Orion widefield

[Joves]

Hi guys,

I’m new to all this AP stuff and last week had a crack at Orion in semi wide-field. I captured about 3 hours worth of data, of which only about 30 mins was useable, which is the entirety of this stack.

Here is my image with a bit of processing help. Lemme know your thoughts.

Cheers,
Joves

[AdamJL]

Awesome work for being new, especially M42 itself.
Processing is on point :thumbsup:

What gear are you using?

[Joves]

Thanks Adam.

I must admit, I had more than just a little help with the processing. My attempt looks ok, but not as good as this.

The gear this was taken with was:

- Redcat 71
- ASI6200MCPro
- AM5
- Asiair Plus and ZWO EAF

No filters and 39x45sec subs.

[Dave882]

Wow that’s a phenomenal result for 30min! Well done!

[strongmanmike]

Really good Aaron, especially for only 30min!! :eyepop: lovely colours too and the bright bits have been handled/blended nicely :thumbsup:

Mike

[marc4darkskies]

An excellent result Aaron! :thumbsup: Colours are spot on. Well done!

[oska]

What a great result! Looking forward to more. Did you capture that from Sydney? I can never get Alnitak to behave :)

[Joves]

Thanks guys, I’m glad you like it.

Yep John, it was captured from Sydney’s northern beaches under roughly a Bortle 5 sky. The clear moonless night definitely helped.