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Old 15-04-2010, 09:03 AM
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M42 - Orion Nebula

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.
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Old 15-04-2010, 09:11 AM
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Hi Mike,
This really dosn't look that bad,LOL.
First Light at least you got something to point you the right direction.
Hope you get it all sorted asap as i miss your images.
Still cloudy up here so no joy for me.
All the best with it,
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Old 15-04-2010, 09:15 AM
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Not a bad shot , Mike, despite the banding in the pic (which you have to look for to notice). Focus on the neb' and you forget anything else
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Old 15-04-2010, 10:22 AM
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Looks Nice Mike,

Very pretty composition and framing...

Thanks for posting it.

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Old 15-04-2010, 10:43 AM
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well done Mike - id be happy with that (i am happy with most things LOL )
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Old 15-04-2010, 10:48 AM
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Nice one Mike. I like the framing.
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Old 15-04-2010, 11:31 AM
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Good one Mike. Nice tight stars and nicely framed. The balance of bright core and nebulosity is excellent. Yoy have to go really deep ie several hours to pick up the fain dust and very, very careful with the processing.
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Old 15-04-2010, 11:33 AM
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Nice shot there mike.

With the 40d and dusty stuff i find that it needs 10 min of exposure to pick it up. I like you have the 40d with the mod, but mines a open mod with a screwin Astronomik 2" UVIR filter much better in my eyes!

http://s700.photobucket.com/albums/w...gmanandM42.png

Same image same composition (added MPCC for field flattening) only difference is this was taken in a bit of light pollution and 10 min subs!

Feel free to ask me anything you want with the 40d often you can pick up great info from others with the same equipment!

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Old 15-04-2010, 11:37 AM
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Very nice Colours are very crisp. Great detail as well.
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Old 15-04-2010, 12:32 PM
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Mike,

It's a great shot and lets me see where I need to improve with mine. Thanks for posting it!

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Old 15-04-2010, 12:45 PM
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Nice image Mike

good framing and well processed
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Old 15-04-2010, 12:48 PM
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I think it looks great. Details in the neb are fantastic and the core is very well processed. Just putting my nitpicking hat on now as you've asked for suggestions and I assume you're looking at ways to get the most out of it: pic is a tad too blue, very slight field curvature on the top corners (P-FLAT IV works well for this). Also think that more neb can be extrated on the surroundings as you have very good quality data but that's personal taste. Maybe lower the black point a bit. Great shot anyway.

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Old 15-04-2010, 01:02 PM
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Very nice Mike

The framing looks great and looking forward to more of your deep sky images.
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Old 15-04-2010, 01:43 PM
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Good stuff Mike
Good to see you posting up images again, can't really add to what's already been said but think it's a great pic, nice details.
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Old 15-04-2010, 02:02 PM
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looks perfect to me mike.
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Old 15-04-2010, 02:30 PM
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Nice image there Mike.

Unfortunately I don't think you'll be able to get rid of that noise banding; Seems every modded 40D has it.
If anyone has a solution or fix; I'm all ears.
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Old 15-04-2010, 04:41 PM
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Yeah Mike ... thats a shocker
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Congratulations! Vaery pretty!
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Old 16-04-2010, 07:41 AM
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That's a beauty. Despite your troubles it turned out very nicely.

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Old 16-04-2010, 12:59 PM
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Thanks guys, appreciate the comments. It's nice to be able to post something again.

I'm in Mudgee now, and hoping for clear skies for the next 2 days to capture some more images.
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