M42 and dust

[IanP]

I reprocessed the whole batch, and as the PI gurus (RickS, Troy and Steve) suggested, I applied HDRM to bl...y everything, .. and here is the result ..
Hmmmm, Unfortunately, the very middle of the core is beyond any repair ........

http://westcoastpics23.blogspot.com.au/?view=magazine

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[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Ian, you have excelled yourself there. The dust is wonderful. The whole image gives a good feel for the bright stars of the trapezium region bursting out of one wall of a thick bit of dust and creating a huge cavity-bubble toward 2 o'clock. Very narrative-rich.

Best,
Mike

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Bazinga! Whatever you did certainly worked a treat
Nice one.

[Atmos (Colin)]

Looks fantastic Ian! I'm guessing that was taken from some dark skies. I tried to capture some of the dust from the suburbs, didn't work so well haha

[multiweb (Marc)]

Good stuff. You've certainly brought a lot of dust. I wouldn't worry about the core, the field is well balanced as is.

[RickS (Rick)]

Looks great, Ian! Lovely colour and dust.

[topheart]

Well done Ian.

Lovely background areas - shows the faint details beautifully!

Cheers,
Tim

[RobF (Rob)]

Fantastically executed. Hats off!

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Great work Ian. The dust (always a difficult subject) has come up nicely and the colours in the main neb look good.
Geoff

[IanP]

Thank You All.
Your Comments and Feedback Are Welcomed and Appreciated.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Envious I am Ian - the great Orion challenge - to capture the faint dust !!!

Very nicely done

[IanP]

Originally Posted by astronobob

Envious I am Ian - the great Orion challenge - to capture the faint dust !!!

Very nicely done

TA BOB,
DUST: Not planned and unexpected “side-effect” …