Hi all
This is my first deep space image in about 6 months, taken at the Pony Club in March but only just got around to finish processing it.
It's not too pretty - the background is very messy and there was awful horizontal banding in the dim areas. It was the first light for my modded 40D, and I took darks instead of ICNR.
So the horizontal banding and horrible background could've been any number of things including the camera, the USB, the power, the darks, the flats.
I was able to remove most of it with a Noel Carboni action.
I'll need to re-stack without darks, look at the raw lights etc, to try and figure out where they are. I had a horrible time guiding as usual, too.
I'm fairly happy with the nebula itself, but overall the image is pretty messy. I'm also not really sure why the modded camera didn't capture more of the dim browny/dusty areas. With 50 minutes of data @ISO800 I would've expected to capture more with the modded 40D.
Still, it was nice to capture some photons and get some practise in before Mudgee tomorrow!
ED80 + modded 40D on EQ6. 10x 5 minute lights @ ISO800, 10x 100s, plus 10x30s for the core layers.
1200px higher-res here (500kb):
Orion - M42
Thanks for looking. Suggestions welcome.