My Best M42 Orion taken last night..+ Core

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

Hi Guys,

I'm quite pleased with this image taken last night with the 350D UV/IR baader mod through the celestron NGT10.

A number of different sets of exposures were taken.

5 x 7 Minutes ISO 400
6 x 5 Minutes ISO 400
6 x 3 Minutes ISO 400
10 x 2 Minutes ISO 400
9 x 1 Minutes ISO 400
12 x 30 Second ISO 400
10 x 15 Second ISO 400

35 mins + 30 mins + 18 mins + 20 mins + 9 mins + 6 mins + 2 mins + 30 sec

Total of 2 hours and 30 sec i think my longest ever.

Hope you guys like it. Will upload the larger image later.

Cheers.

[little col]

blimy you must be pleased with that , love the way you preserved the core detail to may i ask you preference in doing this?
an excellent image to look at and one of my best areas in the sky

[iceman (Mike)]

bloody fantastic, Eric! Very smooth and detailed. Excellent processing!

The longer exposures really helped!

[sheeny (Al)]

That's got to be a 9.9 on the wowmeter! Superlatives fail me...

Al.

[h0ughy (David)]

Pretty ordinary effort there Eric:eyepop :

Everything is so clear and easily able to spot detail in stars and the nebulae, not like the rest of us

[Garyh]

I certainly like it Eric!
That is one fine Orion.
Very well masked through all the dynamic range and lovely colors!
Now that will be hard to top Eric!
cheers

[acropolite (Phil)]

Beautiful detail and colour Eric.

[theodog (Jeff)]

Very, very nice.
Spectacular comes to mind.

[browndog (Ian)]

I like it a lot.
I really enjoy your images when you post - they all seem excellent and this one is no exception. So much detail, beautifully framed and processed.

[danny (Daniel)]

That is beautiful! I can look at that for hours.

[RB (Andrew)]

Excellent work Eric.

Well done.

[bojan]

Do we really need Hubble telescope in space at all ??? ???

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Holy cow Eric, thats very good. The core resolved nicely and very good neb extension. Youve captured the dynamic range of M42 beauifully.

This would be one of the best DSLR M42s Ive seen.

[avandonk]

I am surprised at the very good data you get out of your 10" newt it must be due to the careful planning and the very good tracking from a mount that in some circles is just not up to it. The use of a DSLR is also a drawback but it is made up for by the careful exposure planning and skillfull processing. There is not much else to say Eric.

Apart from. The dark nebulae show good detail and intensity variation and contrast. The dynamic range displayed is also impressive as can be seen by the faint bits right next to the bright bits all showing contrast and detail and colour!
The colour rendition is also very good.

Well done Eric!

Bert

[leon]

Fantastic Eric, the detail and colours are just superb, very well done indeed.

Leon

[iceman (Mike)]

Another thing - the stars look fantastic. Your collimation is spot on!

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Are you sure we can't talk you into coming up to Astrofest and running a weeks worth of photoshop classes Eric?

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Eric, that is a piece of art!
Doug

[erick (Eric)]

Very, very nice, Eric. I reckon I can almost resolve four stars in the trapezium. To have that plus the lovely detail of the faint nebula is great! I look forward to the larger file and a description of processing approach.

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Originally Posted by avandonk

I am surprised at the very good data you get out of your 10" newt it must be due to the careful planning and the very good tracking from a mount that in some circles is just not up to it.

Bert

Yes, Bert that particular thread was 'paramount' in my mind when viewing Eric's image too!!