[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Marco,
that's a feast for the eyes - your standard is so high.
How do you do it?

cheers
Allan

Thanks Allan. In truth big part of the merit is to the very dark skies and long exposures, despite my aperture is quite limited (140mm) going deep on each channel permits to stretch a lot keeping the overall noise quite low.. than some good passes on Pixinsight and PS do the rest

Originally Posted by SpaceNoob

Amazing! Well done Marco, fantastic image.

Thanks Chris!

Originally Posted by RobF

Stunning work Marco. I just can't believe how great this one looks. So much detail, but the colours very aesthetically pleasing too. I'd only give it 12 out of 10 though

Thanks Rob Details are ok for my FL resolution, what actually makes the image looking very detailed in reality is the contrast on each color channel that trick the eye

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Oooh! Aaah! What a superb piece of work Marco, and M78 is one of my favourite nebulae too. Stunning colours and details throughout and processing is spot on as usual, it is a really breathtaking image. Well done!

Thanks Rolf!

Originally Posted by nebulosity.

That is absolutely breathtaking Marco

Jo

Thanks Jo

Originally Posted by Kunama

.............. Speechless ...............

Thanks Matt

Originally Posted by multiweb

That's a superb fiedl Marco. Very rich and extensive. Colors galore.

Thanks Marc, in fact this part of the sky is very colorful, I am particular delighted by the different hues of dust (brown, blue and yellow) you can spot here and there, amazing mine of objects this constellation!

Originally Posted by h0ughy

stunning - i dont recall ever seeing such a deep shot as this. rich and colourful

Thanks David!

Originally Posted by allan gould

This image shows how much most of us don't get in our images. Long subs and immaculate processing as usual Marco has produced the best image of this area I've seen.
Really impressive.
Allan

Thanks Allan, as you correctly pointed out, going deep under truly deep skies makes a lot of difference! With the SQM I installed on site, I have on moonless nights consistently readings above 22 mag/" with best nights above 22.3, i.e. the sky gets as dark as it can be down there. This makes an immense difference when it comes to s/n of each subframe..

Clear skies
Marco