Early Orion Nebula M42 [Archive]

EzyStyles

23-09-2007, 04:33 PM

Hi Guys,

Pulled another overnighter last night till 5am. still feeling tired lol. Here's M42 consist of 10 x 10sec, 5 x 30sec, 5 x 1 min, 5 x 2min 10x3min and 8 x 8mins all ISO 800. This was taken without the UHC-S Filter just using the UV/IR. Testing different variations. Overall i know i can do better.

Cheers

rogerg

23-09-2007, 04:41 PM

Stunning, lots of faint detail :clap:

h0ughy

23-09-2007, 05:06 PM

mate - get some sleep. thats fantastic just to blow the cobwebs off. I thought your last m42 took in both the running man and the neb? Did you get a new scope or am I thinking of something else?

iceman

23-09-2007, 06:41 PM

Wow, brilliant eric! How do you combine all the different exposures?

jase

23-09-2007, 07:36 PM

Good start to the M42 season Eric. You've handled the vast dynamic range of this object well. Look forward to seeing what you'll come up with next.

sheeny

23-09-2007, 07:40 PM

Absolutely stunning, Eric!:thumbsup:

Love your work!

Al.

leon

23-09-2007, 08:12 PM

That is stunning Eric, man you have got that imaging down to a fine art.

I also would like to know how all those different exposures work together, if you have the time,

Is there a certain way you combine them.

Leon

Alchemy

23-09-2007, 09:31 PM

Nice shot.....

the tribe has spoken, how about spilling the beans on the processing.

ballaratdragons

23-09-2007, 09:36 PM

:eyepop:

Geez that's nice Eric!!!!! The fine detail is so beautiful. :)

Tamtarn

23-09-2007, 11:03 PM

Another stunning image Eric ......... Agree entirely with Ken. The fine detail is brilliant the combination of the different exposures has worked a treat

whmacs

23-09-2007, 11:35 PM

Thanks a fantastic shot Eric! I would also be interested to know how you stacked and processed the image.

Regards,
Stephen

EzyStyles

24-09-2007, 08:55 AM

Still using the same scope. Celestron NGT10 F4.7 . The prev M42 was taken with the GSO 8" F4.

EzyStyles

24-09-2007, 08:57 AM

Thanks for your reply guys. I use layered mask to combine different set of exposures so the core of M42 doesn't get bloated. There is an online tutorial which teaches you to do this. i'll see if I can find it.

Hagar

24-09-2007, 09:06 AM

Fantastic photo Eric. Looking forward to M42 getting up early in the evening. I'm Not much good early in the morning.
Can you please explain your guiding technique. I am trying to use PHD guiding with not much success at the moment using my DSI.
I think I need serious help!!!

Great Photo:eyepop:
Doug

EzyStyles

24-09-2007, 09:09 AM

heres the layered mask link:

http://www.astropix.com/HTML/J_DIGIT/LAYMASK.HTM

attached is a slightly reprocessed veresion.

better quality below:

http://www.ezystyles.com.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=330333

cheers

EzyStyles

24-09-2007, 09:11 AM

thanks doug. ive composed my guiding techniques here:

http://www.ezystyles.com.au/autoguide.html

Ric

24-09-2007, 10:22 AM

Well done Eric, what a beautiful image. The details and colour are spot on in my opinion

Cheers

davidpretorius

24-09-2007, 12:06 PM

eric, that is stunning.

man you have done so well and producing top class work.

in the search for perfection, can you please let this poor planetary nut know what the feature is on the brighter stars with the diffraction patterns..... am i right in thinking collimation???

these are the only things i can see that detract slightly from a fantastic image.

the detail is amazing!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbs up::thumbsup::thumbsup:

netwolf

24-09-2007, 02:02 PM

Absolutely awesome detail.

Regards

xelasnave

24-09-2007, 02:27 PM

Excellent Eric, really very well done ...
alex

Apoman

24-09-2007, 02:27 PM

Amazing pictue.:thumbsup:

Regards,
Peter.

Alchemy

24-09-2007, 07:05 PM

thanks for posting the processing link.

tornado33

24-09-2007, 10:51 PM

very well done

EzyStyles

25-09-2007, 12:02 AM

i was hoping no one spotted that :whistle: i think it was my collimation.

EzyStyles

25-09-2007, 12:02 AM

cheers guys thanks for all your reply. :)

Garyh

25-09-2007, 09:14 AM

Top stuff Eric!! I think it is better than the last great image of M42 you did some time back.
Excellent! :thumbsup:

JohnH

26-09-2007, 02:34 PM

Eric,

Mate if that is what you get with poor collimation then......I am at a loss for words, it is a stunning image. Now I want to have another go at M42 but will have to wait a bit - it is still in the trees for me at the moment...

dugnsuz

26-09-2007, 03:20 PM

Stunning as ever Eric!
Doug

hickny

26-09-2007, 04:30 PM

Eric,
The image is brilliant.:thumbsup:M42 became my favourite when I first saw :eyepop:it back in the early hours of a July morning earlier this year.
Congratulations.

Notice my avitar.

Peter