Hi people,
Well I know poor old M42 gets a flogging by everyone and there dog but with only just over a hour of dark skies before moon rise its makes a easy target to quickly setup on (and you have to redo it with a new setup!)
So here`s my final M42 - running man image with around a hours total exposure with the new 8" scope and Canon 20D.
Image is 12 x 4 min, 10 x 1 min, 8 x 25 sec, 8 x 10 sec with darkframes, flatfield frames taken.
M42 might be bright but you have to admit the dynamic range is a bit tricky even for the more advanced Imager to get right.
Here is my latest attempt and I promise no more M42`s from me (well to next year anyway...
Image reduced to around 40% for posting.
Comments and Critics all welcome!
cheers