M42 from this morning.

[mill]

M42 taken with my Canon 40D.

7x5 minutes + 11x15 seconds iso800 on the ED80.
Cooled in my coolerbox.
Stacked in DSS and processed with CS4.

Larger pic here: http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt137/Martin_Meupelenberg/m42done.jpg

Comments welcome.

[leon]

Hey Mill that is a fine effort indeed, you must have got up early or stayed up late to capture this one, or do you have horizon to horizon skies.

Leon

[mill]

Thank you Leon :)
I stayed up all night to do this, also did ngc253 and the Helix neb before M42.
Pretty much stuffed now because i had to get out of bed at 10:00 am.
Might have another go tonight if it is clear.

[David Fitz-Henr]

Wonderful detail and great colour - very natural looking ... and I can even make out the 4 stars of the trapezium !

[mill]

Thank you David.
I need to spend a little bit more time on focusing to get the trapezium completely resolved.

[cookie8]

Very nice one Mill. Spectacular!!

[renormalised]

Nice shot Martin...lots of detail and good colour:D

Most impressed with the core...no burnout at all:D Those short subs do the trick:D

[lesbehrens]

great shot. very nice.:eyepop::thumbsup::eyepop::eye pop:

[mill]

Thank you Vincent, Carl and Les :)

[seeker372011]

one of your best results, well done, worth the sacrifice of sleep

[Nightskystargaz]

Martin,

:), nice pic. you did it well.

:thanx:,

Tom

[CoolhandJo]

Lovely colour and detail. Did you use any star bloat processing? That would make this great image even better IMHO.

[dpastern]

That's a good shot! Amazing how much details you're pulling out with only 7 x 5 min subs etc. :thumbsup:

Dave

[mill]

Thank you Narayan, Tom, Paul and David :)

[jjjnettie]

Beautiful work!

[Hagar]

Very nice Martin. Your images have improved so much. This is a real hard target to get right and this is a prety good job. By far your best M42. Great to see.
Looking forward to more.