Orion in dust

[Hagar (Doug)]

My one and only so far from snake Valley Astro Camp.

Great Orion Nebula:
14 X 2 minute exposures.
Camera: QHY8 OSC cooled CCD.
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106ED at f5.

I know the core is a bit burnt out but if I can get some shorter subs I will fix this problem. I also notice a filter reflection on the bright star in the center of the image. and realised I have been using the wrong UV/IR filter.

Hope you enjoy.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Yeah, nice one Doug Awesome shot. Sounds like you guys are having fun.

[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

That's a *lot* of detail for just 28 mins of exposure. A lot of faint whisps of nebulae structure there, well done. Image looks a bit Reddish to me though.

Dave

[MrB (Simon)]

Impressive shot Doug!

[AlexN]

Tis nice mate! get some 10 min subs to really pull that dust out...

I really like the look of the colour, the running man looks brilliant.

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Very Nice Doug.
Love the dusty look to the image - spot on - Space is a dirty place!
Thumbs Up!!
Doug

[TheDecepticon]

Very cool, Doug! Very Cool!

[h0ughy (David)]

nice image Doug, now do you have your very first orion shot to compare with to show how far you have progressed

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Rather excellent image Doug

Great job without the Sidonio but I've given you some detail in the core and tweeked a few other things, please trash it if you wish just an experiment I thought you might like to see, your original is great

Mike

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

but I've given you some detail in the core

Looks great. How did you get the core data back from the posted version?

[Jeffkop (Jeff)]

Is the dust the red stuff on the bottom of the image ???? If it is you can just snip that off.
Great picture anyway Doug.

[DavidU (Dave)]

Nice to meet you on Sat Doug. Very nice pic !!
Also nice Sodonio Mike LOL

[MrB (Simon)]

Originally Posted by Jeffkop

Is the dust the red stuff on the bottom of the image ???? If it is you can just snip that off.
Great picture anyway Doug.

The dust is all the brown stuff, and I think Doug was trying to catch the dust, not get rid of it

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Looks great. How did you get the core data back from the posted version?

I used Astroart4 to coregister an image of just the main nebula, I had taken using an 80ED and SXVH9, to Dougs then layer/blended just the core region in. It was of similar quality so blended quite well I think.

Mike

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

I used Astroart4 to coregister an image of just the main nebula, I had taken using an 80ED and SXVH9, to Dougs then layer/blended just the core region in. It was of similar quality so blended quite well I think.

Mike

ahhh.... sneaky. I thought how the hell did he get data back from saturated pixels?

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

.. how the hell did he get data back from saturated pixels?

Ah bring me the loaves and fishes my son.....

[Paul Haese]

Man this has the potential to be an awsome image Doug. More data and the core subs and this would be pretty amazing. Another 4 hours and your image could be something very very special. I really like the scale of this image too. Shows the dust and gas really well.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Thanks for the comments everyone.
Mike your efforts are appreciated and I wish i could get the hang of masking the core. I struggle with this process for some reason.

Thanks again

[mill (Martin)]

I saw the image at camp and a jpg doesnt do justice to it.
Nice colours and loads of dust clouds and plenty of detail,well done Doug.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Doug,

Another beauty. So much dust!

Regards,
Humayun