Another one bites the Dust...

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Here we have classic M42, the "Kraft cheese" of Nebulas.

So named because everyone has one or wants to have one and it's a time honoured rite of passage in AP.

Neverless, in spite of there being 35,000+ versions of this thing on the web, I havn't attempted this with my current gear, and it's big, bold and beautiful so heck, why not?

I'm going to attempt to do my usual subtle NB take on it

Lots of dust (& gas thx Mike) up there, hoping to get 20+ hrs on it if the weather gods permit.

Here's a sneak preview WIP just 6 hrs of 5nm Ha so far, taken from my backyard in Melbourne, Australia.

Thanks for looking, Cheers

Andy

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice wide FOV, Andy. Look forward to your reinterpretation of this classic object

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

I agree gotta do one of these (or several) in an imaging career ... bring on the Andification!

Oh and by the way, a common misnomer used when imaging through a Ha filter.. it is not "dust" you see there, it is gas, in fact ionised excited Hydrogen to be specific, so ain't no dust in this image

Mike

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Nice wide FOV, Andy. Look forward to your reinterpretation of this classic object

Cheers Rick

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

a common misnomer used when imaging through a Ha filter.. it is not "dust" you see there, it is gas, in fact ionised excited Hydrogen to be specific, so ain't no dust in this image
Mike

If that's all gas then it must be like "Blazing Saddles" up there, all those green Orion folks eating beans ....

[vlazg (George)]

Andy, that looks great, such detail.
Your interpretational be interesting to say the least but it would be nice also to see your version in HaRGB.

[JA]

Absolutely wonderful - great sense of depth in the image

Best
JA

[gregbradley]

That's a grand spectacle already Andy. A really well done and deep M42 is actually not that common.

Greg.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Machine guns ready to roll! Wonderfully three-dimensional, wonderfully deep. A rare thing: an image that shows the faint stuff while still giving a really good feeling for the main structure.

[Peter Ward]

I'm guessin' Pilgrim, them dark bits are dust.

[Stonius (Markus)]

Originally Posted by Andy01

Here we have classic M2, the "Kraft cheese" of Nebulas.

I think you'll be meaning 'M42'

:-)

Markus

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

I'm loving it! The image looks great already

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Andy01

If that's all gas then it must be like "Blazing Saddles" up there, all those green Orion folks eating beans ....

I think you've had enough!!...

[Atmos (Colin)]

Looking good so far Andy, nice dynamic range!

[topheart]

Highly dynamic Andy!
Cheers,
Tim

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by vlazg

Andy, that looks great, such detail.
Your interpretational be interesting to say the least but it would be nice also to see your version in HaRGB.

Thanks George, In my suburban location RGB is really not an option - but if it's clear on the weekend I may be able to get away to a dark site. Pretty keen to do NB on this one though

Originally Posted by JA

Absolutely wonderful - great sense of depth in the image

Best
JA

Cheers JA, I too was surprised by how much detail the 1800 sec subs revealed

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a grand spectacle already Andy. A really well done and deep M42 is actually not that common.

Greg.

Thanks Greg, There's a few VERY nice HaRGB versions out there, but not so very many in NB, fingers crossed I can get a result

Originally Posted by Placidus

Machine guns ready to roll! Wonderfully three-dimensional, wonderfully deep. A rare thing: an image that shows the faint stuff while still giving a really good feeling for the main structure.

Cheers M&T, 6hrs of 1800 sec subs, 30mins of 300sec subs and just 6 mins of 60sec subs were individually stacked in Startools.
Then combined in PS using layers/masks, and finessed with NIK SilverFX pro.
Still lots of work ahead methinks

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I'm guessin' Pilgrim, them dark bits are dust.

Could be Peter, I'll leave it to the science experts here to decide.

Originally Posted by Stonius

I think you'll be meaning 'M42'

:-)

Markus

... one little typo....

Originally Posted by Slawomir

I'm loving it! The image looks great already

Originally Posted by topheart

Highly dynamic Andy!
Cheers,
Tim

Originally Posted by Atmos

Looking good so far Andy, nice dynamic range!

Cheers Suavi, Colin & Tim, I really appreciate your encouragement. Hopefully a sign of good things to follow this summer, it's been such a lousy winter for AP

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

I think you've had enough!!...

Maybe, I've posted an image below just for you Mike

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Beat me to it Andy, Orion just screams for the NB treatment! Even a short test last year with the Sony and Ha revealed the whole region to be full of GAS,, a bit like me. Look forward to deeing the final result, detailed already.

[John K]

Hi Andy,

That's a terrific shot - the Ha filter really takes things to the next level and makes the Orion Nebular region come up at it should.

Great work.

John K.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Andy01

Maybe, I've posted an image below just for you Mike

Hubba hubba ...watch them though, untrustworthy green wenches.....you'll find them hard to restist...

How good is Blazing Saddles though??, that beans around the campfire scene was just the ticket for a pre-pubescent boy, rewound the VHS several times and laughed uncontrollably...not quite as funny now I am all growed up though

Mike