Pulled another overnighter last night till 5am. still feeling tired lol. Here's M42 consist of 10 x 10sec, 5 x 30sec, 5 x 1 min, 5 x 2min 10x3min and 8 x 8mins all ISO 800. This was taken without the UHC-S Filter just using the UV/IR. Testing different variations. Overall i know i can do better.
mate - get some sleep. thats fantastic just to blow the cobwebs off. I thought your last m42 took in both the running man and the neb? Did you get a new scope or am I thinking of something else?
Another stunning image Eric ......... Agree entirely with Ken. The fine detail is brilliant the combination of the different exposures has worked a treat
mate - get some sleep. thats fantastic just to blow the cobwebs off. I thought your last m42 took in both the running man and the neb? Did you get a new scope or am I thinking of something else?
Still using the same scope. Celestron NGT10 F4.7 . The prev M42 was taken with the GSO 8" F4.
Thanks for your reply guys. I use layered mask to combine different set of exposures so the core of M42 doesn't get bloated. There is an online tutorial which teaches you to do this. i'll see if I can find it.
Fantastic photo Eric. Looking forward to M42 getting up early in the evening. I'm Not much good early in the morning.
Can you please explain your guiding technique. I am trying to use PHD guiding with not much success at the moment using my DSI.
I think I need serious help!!!
man you have done so well and producing top class work.
in the search for perfection, can you please let this poor planetary nut know what the feature is on the brighter stars with the diffraction patterns..... am i right in thinking collimation???
these are the only things i can see that detract slightly from a fantastic image.
