M42 Luminosity mosaic

kinetic (Steve) · #1 12-10-2008, 07:31 AM

Hi ,

Attached is a 3 frame mosaic I made on the 11th Oct.
Luminosity only.
3/4 Moon was just setting at 3am local time and didn't
seem to affect the contrast too much.
This nebula just seems to go on forever at this image scale

I think I would need about a 4x4 mosaic of images to cover
it all!

regards,
Steve B.

AlexN · #2 12-10-2008, 02:55 PM

Looks great... is this going to be a continued project over the coming months steve?

Matty P (Matt) · #3 12-10-2008, 03:06 PM

Nice work so far Steve.

I would love to see a full mosaic of this area.

2020BC (Bill Christie) · #4 12-10-2008, 09:09 PM

Nice one.

At the joints try selecting a thin strip around the joint line in your processing software, feather the resulting strip/rectangle and then blur it slightly (median:1) to reduce the visibility of the joint.

Hagar (Doug) · #5 12-10-2008, 10:38 PM

Looks like a wonderfull work in progress. Keep at it mate. The DSI is really producing the goods. Glen would be very happy.

Jen · #6 13-10-2008, 11:39 PM

Its nice to see black and white pics every now and again, it makes it seem more real to what we can see with our eyes great work cheers

kinetic (Steve) · #7 16-10-2008, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hagar

Looks like a wonderfull work in progress. Keep at it mate. The DSI is really producing the goods. Glen would be very happy.

Thanks Doug, everyone,

Yes a work in progress, moon interrupted for a week or so.
By then I should have the filter wheel finished Doug

regards,
Steve B.