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Originally Posted by telecasterguru
And this is a very difficult subject you have tackled. It isn't exactly the Orion nebula. I think it is extraordinary and I can't wait to see more of your images.
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Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. I wasn't actually targeting M17 as I mentioned .. it just happened to be in all of my Pluto frames (right at the edge) and hence that was the first time I actually saw the nebula - by accident!
Yeah Orion is significantly bigger (60 arcmin) and about 3 magnitudes brighter. I've included my old M42 pic below with the same camera at the exact same focal length (250mm) but a quarter of the exposure length (1min vs 4mins for M17) to show how much easier Orion was, with much more pleasing results ...