I haven't taken a pic of M42 in ages and I wasn't intending too but as I was about to pack up at 0100 I decided to take a shot anyway. I set the gear up and left it running and went to bed. I was pleasantly surprised at the outcome. It has a few problems but it was a test after adjusting my gear and a bit of fine tuning will fix most problems for future pics. I have a new GeOptik Flat panel for my flats and I'm still trying to get the correct exposure for each of the filters. It's a bit of trial and error at the moment. What was pleasing was how much dust the gear picked up in such a short integration.
Details
6 X 600 secs Lum 5 X 300 secs each RGB 12" F3.8 Newt on EQ8 mount, Atik 11000M camera. Stacked with CCDStack 2.0, Post processed with Pixinsight and Adobe photoshop CC.
Full size at
http://www.astrobin.com/full/221121/0/
sample has HLVG applied full size does not... The never ending multiple version effect I'm afraid.
All the best
Paul
