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Originally Posted by atalas
Great effort Paul.....there is more to M42 than just the core mate,so look at the area surrounding the core as well before you even look at the core.
Step 1: duplicate image.
Step 2: stretch image to reveal all the surrounding dust.
Step 3:Stretch the duplicate to reveal fine detail structure around the core and keeping an eye on stars....at the moment there very clipped.
Step 4: Blend the fine detail from the Duplicate image to the hard stretched image.
Step 5: stretch the short sub exposure for the core to reveal good structure in the trap.
Step 6: combine trap to step 4 blended image.
Paul,this is just a guide to a work flow that will work If you give It the time and patience It deserves.
ps. Don't forget to have fun!
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Thanks Louie
I used an ED80 in the city with a LP filter for this image. I use a similar routine of masking and stretching as you outlined.
I suspect that there simply isnt any more dust to stretch out unfortunately - really requires larger aperature or sharper optics. The Camera seemed to compensate for this as much as possible though
The clipping is an issue in my routine somewhere. I am still trying to figure it out as it seems to be clipped simply after my stacking processes and not before. I need to continue to investage why I get clipping before I process the combined images.
