Yet Another M42

[wysiwyg]

Well it must that time of the year.

Managed to get 103 minutes of data at various exposures.

10 x 20 sec @ ISO800
10 x 60 sec @ ISO800
6 x 300 sec @ISO800
6 x 600 sec @ISO800

Stacked in Images Plus, processed in PS CS3. Darks Bias and Flats applied and masking was done in PS. No noise reduction filter applied.
http://www.wysiwyg-photography.com/Astrophotography/slides/Final%20Masked%20M42-processed-cropped-border.html

Thanks for Looking.

[dugnsuz]

Yet another stunner Mark.
The cooled 40D pushes these "bread and butter" images into a different league!
Unfortunately this makes me want a cooled 40D even more.
Very nice - the extended nebulosity makes it look like the running man has finally caught up with his colourfull neighbour!!
Cheers
Doug

[Craig_L]

Lovely image Mark. It's so smooth you'd swear there was noise reduction. Those cooled cameras are great!

[renormalised]

Very nice image, Mark. Smooth as....a big tick for cooling your camera!!.

[Matty P]

Excellent image Mark, So much detail and extention of the nebula. I've got to get myself a cooled DSLR! :D :whistle:

Very well done. :thumbsup:

[Bassnut]

OH yea, that tickles the spot, nice work Mark, now try something remotely diffiicult :D.

[danielsun]

That's an absolute ripper Mark Plenty of detail and nice colour.


Cheers Daniel.

[Lester]

Outstanding image Mark.

[Omaroo]

Great image Mark. :thumbsup:



Fred - I know you're joshin' but I reckon M42 is still one of the more difficult objects to get absolutely right. The dynamic range is just so darn extensive!

[Bassnut]

OK, Mark, you handled the dynamic range well, yes thats the difficult part on M42, yawn :D . Now do as instructed, punk :thumbsup:

[CoolhandJo]

Its images like this that inspire me to keep learning, upgrading and shooting! Well done.

[strongmanmike]

M42 is much more difficult to do well than the Lagoon, Trifid and Tarantula..err?..which I notice appear on your web site quite a few times Freddily Deddily :whistle:..now leave Chris (and anyone else who isn't imaging an oversampled, blury, tiny thumbnail size piece of the sky through a long FL straw) alone :mad2: :rofl:

Excellent job Mark :thumbsup:

Mike

[Omaroo]

Err... uhmmm....thanks for your critiques on my shot fellas, but isn't this thread is about Marks....? :whistle:

:)

[strongmanmike]

Ooops just corrected that, sorry Mark :rolleyes:

[Jen]

:) Very nice shot Mark :thumbsup::thumbsup: youve got some brilliant pics there on your site too thanks for sharing :thumbsup:

[wysiwyg]

Thanks for your kind comments guys :thumbsup:

[multiweb]

Mate this is just one SUPERB shot! :bowdown: Well done. That's a ripper, both in acquisition and processing. Doesn't get any better. :thumbsup: