M42 - Widefield

[SpaceNoob (Chris)]

Hi All,

It's been awhile since I've posted an image but here is
another M42, perhaps a slightly different take on it.

From the trapezium to the tenuous outer structures.

FSQ106EDXIII, FLI PL16803.
SHO 468:678:630 - 29.6hours total.

Higher res available on flickr: https://flic.kr/p/DdBucf

Astrobin: http://astrob.in/236984/D/

Cheers,
Chris.

[Somnium (Aidan)]

what a great take on a classic Chris, well done. good to see you posting images again, it has been a while. i am looking forward to that PL16803 being married to the CDK14.

[Logieberra (Logan)]

Top image! That FSQ and chip are an awesome combo.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Awesome shot! Deep enough you reckon?

[Spookyer (Brett)]

Very cool!

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Wow, that's funky - very punchy with lots of impact!

[RickS (Rick)]

Lovely and deep. Some interesting areas that would be nice at long FL too.

[SpaceNoob (Chris)]

Originally Posted by Somnium

what a great take on a classic Chris, well done. good to see you posting images again, it has been a while. i am looking forward to that PL16803 being married to the CDK14.

Thanks Aidan, yeah I am keen to see it on the CDK14 once it arrives.

Originally Posted by Logieberra

Top image! That FSQ and chip are an awesome combo.

Cheers dude, it is a pretty fool proof combo. That said, the FSQ works well with just about anything.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Awesome shot! Deep enough you reckon?

Thanks Marc, I thought about grabbing more but I had to move the scope around to fit a new focus motor.

Originally Posted by Spookyer

Very cool!

Thanks dude

Originally Posted by Andy01

Wow, that's funky - very punchy with lots of impact!

Thanks Andy, much appreciated.

Originally Posted by RickS

Lovely and deep. Some interesting areas that would be nice at long FL too.

Thanks Rick, yeah there is some cool stuff in the wider field. The raw image shows some pretty interesting features that I'll have to come back to at some stage.

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Wow. That's a very dramatic presentation. Great depth and detail, and artistically appealing to me.

Trev

[RobF (Rob)]

Congrats on an original and striking framing/composition too!

[Paul Haese]

That has some interesting detail and it contains an object I am imaging at present too.

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

That is just amazing Chris. Like a surrealistic dream but with so such sharp detail. I love the reddy brown fox fur stuff throughout. Well done. Thanks for giving us a very different view of a familiar object.

[gvanhau (Geert)]

Very nice one.

I think this is the first one of M42 in narrowband that looks pleasant to me.

geert

[cazza132 (Troy Casswell)]

Very cool narrow band image of this area

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Wow ... that's really good ... great colour and detail.

Col...

[MortonH]

Fantastic.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Quite wonderful. That's going to take quite a while - many a pleasant visit - to explore.

The concentration of OIII in the centre, versus the seemingly endless folds and intricacies of the much calmer outer regions, is most remarkable.

The pair of cats ears toward 3 o'clock will bear close scrutiny.

Very best,
Mike

[andyc (Andy)]

Wow, that's artistic! Love the cats, too Very original and visually impressive scene. There's so much texture in the dust around the nebula!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

That looks better than when I was looking at it on your little phone screen at Bentspoke

Just showed Angie too, she said "Wow, that's beautiful!"

Mike

[gregbradley]

A fabulous image Chris.
A unique look
Greg