Orion M42

[Tandum]

My first new image in almost 2 months, god damn broken foot. I didn't realise this object was so big and hot.. I need to do it again with a closer eye on focus plus put the reducer in. This was shot at F9. I also need some shorter subs to tone down the burn out. But it is a spectacular nebula. 6x5minute subs at iso400 on this one.
Bed time :D

[edit]
Reprocessed and used masking to calm down the burn out.

[Alchemy]

geez i know how you feel (not the broken foot:lol:) its been about that long for me too, im living in reprocess world at the moment.

a few shorter exposures will fill in the detail for you in the heart, ....youre almost finished:)

[AlexN]

Tracking seems a touch off, I suppose with the reducer it would be less noticeable. Colors are different... That camera of yours really pushes red very hard! Good to see you were out imaging though... Must have felt good...

A lot of good can come from a few sets of data at different exposures.. 5x5 mins + 5x2 mins and 5x1 min should give you a hell of a lot of dynamic range. even some 30 second subs could make a difference. right down to the trapezium...

Good to see you still remember how to use it all :D

[jjjnettie]

That wind was atrocious!
It's a desperate man/woman who tries to image under those conditions.
Glad you came out of it with something worthwhile.

[leon]

Yep Robin, a little bit over cooked, so to speak, yet a fine effort.

Leon

[Matty P]

Great to see you back out imaging Robin. :thumbsup:

Although the centre area is burnt out it is a fine image. You have captured a lot of detail in the fainter parts of the nebula as well.

Very well done :)

[Jen]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: im glad the Orion is back in the sky woohooo :thumbsup:

[Tandum]

Cheers everone, no wind here last night, it died off around 7:30. Yes that camera is red. I didn't touch the colour on this, just curves and levels and a run through neat image. Next step is to get that eq6 out of the box, shooting at F9 seems a bit much for the heq5 :)

[Tandum]

Got some time to reprocess and mask off the burn out and reduce the red.

Also got a summed image of 253 giving 70 minutes total exposure but it's not very clean at all.

[AlexN]

both of those look awesome Robin! good work..

Im out again tonight.. however the weather south of me looks to be going south.. as in, I see lightning down past the horizon

[Tandum]

You might be ok, the radar (http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR503.loop.shtml?looping=1&reloaded=0&topography=true&locations=true&range=true#skip) shows it going out to sea from southport.

[AlexN]

yeah just checked that, just started a set of subs on 47Tuc... :) im feeling safe