m42 The Great Orion Nebula

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

With absolutely no end in sight of these clouds, and considering the waning position of M42 in the sky, I am having to settle with 5 hours of data. This is 75 x 240 sec + 15 x 30 sec SW ED72 ASI 533 OSC HEQ5 L-Pro filter. Pixinsight processed.

Larger at Astrobin https://astrob.in/6w2jpy/B/

[AdamJL]

That’s a wonderful M42, Paul!
Great job exposure blending and your stars are nice and tight

[multiweb (Marc)]

+1 and great job on the processing. One for the cool wall.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

+1 and great job on the processing. One for the cool wall.

Thanks Marc!

Originally Posted by AdamJL

That’s a wonderful M42, Paul!
Great job exposure blending and your stars are nice and tight

Thanks Adam! I did 30 sec and used HDR. What a great tool HDRCombination is!

[AdamJL]

Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

Thanks Marc!



Thanks Adam! I did 30 sec and used HDR. What a great tool HDRCombination is!

I tried that option in PI, and could never get my head around it, instead I layer the exposures in PS now and paint in the core.

You're obviously much more skilled in PI!