I haven't shot this one in a while.

[Jeffkop (Jeff)]

M42-riffic !!!!!!!!!!!! Great picture with a huge amount of uniqueness for this much imaged nebula ... plus all the comments so far.

Its benchmark material for sure.

[danielsun]

Stunning image Tom.
Brilliant work.


Cheers Daniel.

[Lester]

Fantastic image Tom, thanks for the view.

All the best.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

WOW! The definitive M42 shot right there Tom!! Just wonderful!

Cheers, Marcus

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Fantastic FOV there Tom, not only is it a great piece of work as usual but the FOV makes it a unique shot of m42 and surrounds actually. Your faint dust processing has come into its own too, very cool

Interesting to compare our interpretations too

Mike

[toc (Tim)]

Originally Posted by Tom Davis

So I thought I'd try it again; this time from Australia. You have
better skies down there this time of year than does Idaho!

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_00002e.htm


I love all the colors in the dusty areas.


Tom

Unbe-fracken-lievable.

[Roobi]

hey there, just wondering what sort of magnification is this at?

[richardo (Rich)]

Insane image of this well imaged object Tom.
You are indeed the 'Dust Man' !

Rich

[RobF (Rob)]

I just can't figure out for the life of me how you managed to arrange for increased illumination behind the entire nebula for a 8 hours (1250 years ago....)

Stunning and inspiring work - thanks for showing.

[StarGazing (Alex)]

Amazing shot Tom ....... Great job mate.

Alex

[Tom Davis (Tom)]

Thanks everyone. You all are too kind. IIS is the friendiest forum anywhere.

Tom

[Octane (Humayun)]

Tom,

Eek, I missed out on this one.

Holy moly. Your image has a very 3D feel to it -- it's almost like as if the M42 area is a depression in a much vaster and expansive region of dust.

You can just imagine how incredibly bright the stars in the Trapezium must be to illuminate such a massive field.

The mind well and truly boggles.

Thank you.

H

[MrB (Simon)]

The Dust-Buster has done it again!
Absolutely stunning image Tom, brilliant.

[iceman (Mike)]

Originally Posted by Tom Davis

Thanks everyone. You all are too kind. IIS is the friendiest forum anywhere.

Tom

I love to read this kind of testimonial!

[AlexN]

Its definitely a nice little (7000 members can't really be called little??!!) family we have here... Mike, you can be proud that you've created such a wonderful second family for us all

[RB (Andrew)]

A breathtaking vista Tom.
An absolute jaw-dropper of an image.

Congratulations on making 'Image Of The Week'.

[FearlessFLY (Jes)]

Simply Breathtaking ,Tom.
Drool Factor ... 10!

[LovingtheSilver (Jeremy)]

Beautiful... if i could take a pic like that i would be more than happy. Congrats on 'making it'