Hi all,
well I think this is my final object from Orion.
I don't usually gem flip to the west side of my mount, but on this occasion to gather more colour it was a necessity.
Had one red and blue leds from a couple of devices that caused severe gradients (they will now be covered up!) so I really had no idea until I combined the colour channels
Thank goodness for Gradient X
Have kept this fairly light to accentuate the dusty area... had to do some nose reduction to the background, which I try to avoid generally.
Always is a nice object but hard to gather good crisp data not getting above around 50degs where I am.
Could use some more time on it, but now the weather is stinking hot 44*c and will be for the next week so imaging will be a no go.. heat haze
Hit the thumb on my front page if you'd like a look
http://www.baytop-observatory.com/
All the best
Rich