My turn!! ... M42 & the Hunter's sword.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by richardo

Well done Marcus!!
This is certainly a wall hanger.
The faint wisps and detail within are lovely to gaze into on your original size image.
Huge detailed fOV...

Really looking forward to see what else this setup can do.

Rich

Thanks Rich. I hang every one of my images on the wall - starting to run out of wall space though ... not!

Originally Posted by gregbradley

I like this one the best of the recent M42s. You got a nice natural look going there with lots of detail as well.

The TOA really gets a lot of detail doesn't it?

Greg.

Thanks a lot Greg! Striking that balance between the "natural" look and revealing detail and dynamic range took me quite a while. It was actually quite a tough image to process given the very bright, very dim, dust, reflection and emission nebs all in the one frame. There's a lot going on in this image!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Ah yes, been waiting for this one Marcus

Looks great, the field is a nice size to help show some more of the outer dusty nebula, it's a fantastic area to image, isn't it?

A great job and I'm glad my image was of assistance too

I wish I could shorten and speed up my AP properly, particularly for when the 16803 arrives .

Mike

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Ah yes, been waiting for this one Marcus

Looks great, the field is a nice size to help show some more of the outer dusty nebula, it's a fantastic area to image, isn't it?

A great job and I'm glad my image was of assistance too

I wish I could shorten and speed up my AP properly, particularly for when the 16803 arrives .

Mike

Thanks Mike. The Tak super reducer is a nice chunk of glass. A 16803 would sit nicely at the back end of my setup, but that's not likely to happen any time soon . I can't complain though, being able to choose between 3 FLs is quite useful!

Yep, Orion and Tarantula were my favorite places when I was a youngster. And who would have thought 40 years ago that we could take pics like these with a backyard setup! It's no exaggeration for me to say that imaging this one object fulfills a lifelong dream!

Cheers, Marcus

[iceman (Mike)]

That's brilliant Marcus. Sometimes you just never tire of seeing images of that part of the sky - especially when it looks this good!

[spearo (Frank)]

Great image well done
frank

[Peter Ward]

I find M42 to be a really tough object to do justice to..and have yet to grab a half decent image of it.

With its massive dynamic range and colour variation no wonder it's an object so often imaged (and so often botched up)

In you case...justice has been done, and then some Well done.

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Can't add any more to what's been said, fantastic result

[Martin Pugh]

I would have to agree with Greg's comments.

very well done indeed Marcus, its a great image.

cheers
Martin

[TrevorW]

Very very nice and nice toys too !!!

[Jeffkop (Jeff)]

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by iceman

That's brilliant Marcus. Sometimes you just never tire of seeing images of that part of the sky - especially when it looks this good!

Thanks Mike - appreciate that!

Originally Posted by spearo

Great image well done
frank

Cheers Frank

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I find M42 to be a really tough object to do justice to..and have yet to grab a half decent image of it.

With its massive dynamic range and colour variation no wonder it's an object so often imaged (and so often botched up)

In you case...justice has been done, and then some Well done.

Thanks a lot Peter. I'm very glad you think I've done it justice - I can tell you it took quite a bit of processing to get the balance right.

Originally Posted by lacad01

Can't add any more to what's been said, fantastic result

Cheers Adam!

Originally Posted by Martin Pugh

I would have to agree with Greg's comments.

very well done indeed Marcus, its a great image.

cheers
Martin

Hey thanks a lot Martin - high praise indeed. Much appreciated.

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Very very nice and nice toys too !!!

Thanks Trevor!

Originally Posted by Jeffkop

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[TheDecepticon]

Wow, that is super! How do you get such great colours, the blues and purples?