M42 - Orion Nebula

[ronson]

First image in the forum. M42 and few other reflection nebulaes including the Running Man.
WO Zenithstar 61 + ASI294MC Pro. About 2.5h of calibrated data. PP in Siril and then in Affinity Photo.

[ahmed_haider (Ahmed)]

Well done mate! A great first image!
I especially like the way the core of M42 looks like its glowing

[Stephane]

That’s a very nice M42, well done! The 294mc is bringing out some very nice detail. Stars look great too. My only suggestion would be to ever so slightly tone up the warmth (red curve).

[ronson]

Originally Posted by ahmed_haider

Well done mate! A great first image!
I especially like the way the core of M42 looks like its glowing

Thanks Ahmed. My preference would be to have some detail there, but at 180 sec subs the core has been overexposed beyond recovery. Next time will do some shorter subs and add them.

Originally Posted by Stephane

That’s a very nice M42, well done! The 294mc is bringing out some very nice detail. Stars look great too. My only suggestion would be to ever so slightly tone up the warmth (red curve).

Thanks Stephane. Still a steep learning curve for me with the pp tools. The colour could certainly be fine tuned.

[Dave882 (David)]

Great detail throughout. Lovely image!

[tc1 (Tony)]

Delightful image - well done.

[ronson]

Thank you David and Tony.

[Mikhael (Mikhael)]

Love M42😁

[Crater101 (Warren)]

I missed this...?
A really great result, I love the fine detail in the nebula! Well done.

[ronson]

Originally Posted by Mikhael

Love M42😁

Originally Posted by Crater101

I missed this...?
A really great result, I love the fine detail in the nebula! Well done.

Thank you Mikhael and Warren.

[AdamJL]

Very nice first image! Mostly I'd agree with Stéphane about warming it up, but I actually like seeing it with a cooler colour temperature as well.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

A classic, subtle, Orion's Sword, very nice

Mike

[Camissa (Ecki)]

Great first image of Orion.

[ronson]

Thank you all for the kind words!