M42

[Cosmic (Daniel)]

Exciting time having never capturing this before, bom showed clear skys at 0200hrs With out introducing a heap of noise, just a quick m42. The cloud coverage up here in the NT is somewhat a plague to say the least, my session was cut short. As this was the 1st time with this DSO, I experimented with all types of iso's and exposures to get the best. A file full of mixed capture, but in the end 1x 5min 1x 3min 4x 1min 5x 15sec all @800iso.(sensor temp 37 degrees) Processed in AP CS5.

With the help of a Newton 8" f/5, baader MPCC, Canon 550d on a EQ6 pro.

Thanks for having look.
Dan

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Excellent first go at M 42. If your sensor was really at 37 degrees, then that's an amazing result. Noise is under control and no overblown highlights. On my monitor the colour balance is leaning a bit too much towards the blue and magenta side. Still a capture to be proud of.

[bmitchell82 (Brendan)]

Ide rather have Darwin weather than Perth weather As a Native Darwinite it is beautiful up there in the dry... mmmmmm crisp clean skies!

[Cosmic (Daniel)]

Thanks Graeme for the advise, this is what the file said for the 5min ex LIGHT_300s_400iso_+38c_2568stdev_20 111120-01h10m44s838ms using backyardEOS. I'm really thinking of cooling this dslr.

[Cosmic (Daniel)]

Originally Posted by bmitchell82

Ide rather have Darwin weather than Perth weather As a Native Darwinite it is beautiful up there in the dry... mmmmmm crisp clean skies!

I'm from Perth, its dry there to but we might have the crisp clean part for sure here in the NT Gods Territory here.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very nicely done Daniel. Top work.

[atalas]

Great effort.

[Ross G]

Great shot Daniel.

Ross.

[RobF (Rob)]

Really nice Daniel.

If I was going to be a picky blighter I'd say the core pics are a tad green, and a bit too much blue for the rest of it. Unmodded DSLRs are always going to look a bit more green/blue than CCDs, but it's just a different presentation.