Full Res available (was:16 hours on the Orion loop)

[Phil Hart]

Have to add my praise for this.. I would *love* to be taking images like this!

Good to hear the off-centre halos are filter reflections and not from the lens.. at least there is a chance you may be able to fix them??

Absolutely amazing stuff.

cheers
Phil

[White Rabbit]

Wow, I've never seen wide fields like this. Simply amazing.

[TrevorW]

A superb image a testament to your dedication and worthy of the accolades

[pgc hunter]

wow! Imagine covering the whole milkyway with that sort of work. Spectacular.

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Many thanks to you Jinettie, Colin, Alex, Oicurmt, Ric, H, Doug, Paul, Steve, Ivo, Phil, White Rabbit, Trevor and Pgc Hunter, your comments push me to try even harder in the future

Originally Posted by Octane

Marco,

I've been staring at this for 30 minutes, as this is what I actually wanted to do for first light with the STL/FSQ combination. But, as fate would have it, it was never to be.

The Horsehead looks so exquisite.

Congratulations, once again.

H

It is never too late H, actually I believe that this part of the sky is not going to change much for the next few thousand years

Originally Posted by Hagar

What can I say Marco. Simply magnificent. A 16 hour image shows real dedication or just plain stubborn need for a great image. I wish I had this sort of dedication.

Beautiful.

Both of them Doug, I don't know what would you think if I reveal you that in reality the frames I used are only the selected part of many more that turned out to me unsuitable and therefore discharged.. but that's part of the "game"

Originally Posted by philiphart

Have to add my praise for this.. I would *love* to be taking images like this!

Good to hear the off-centre halos are filter reflections and not from the lens.. at least there is a chance you may be able to fix them??

Absolutely amazing stuff.

cheers
Phil

Several of your pics are already as beautiful as this this one Phil



I still haven't found time to play with m42 contrast on this image and post the high res zoomify version, I hope to be able within few days as I can finish some errands at work

Clear Skies
Marco

[multiweb (Marc)]

Fantastic shot Marco. Congrats on the IOTW. Well done.

[shelltree (Shelley)]

Holy...

This is just... Wow. Amazing. I am absolutely gobsmacked, Marco.

There is just so much sharp detail and colour, I cannot begin to know where to start looking. I could gaze at this for hours...

Thank you for sharing this outstanding work!

[John Hothersall]

Wow Marco just found this, rich rich, not seen it as bright as this, Orion is truely wonderful and what a great tribute to a special constellation.

John.

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Thanks to you Marc, Shelley and John!

As promised I have a uploaded a full res zoomify version of this image. If you have ie you can also enjoy the view full screen clicking on the right button. Here it is:

http://www.astrosurf.com/lorenzi/ccd/Barnardsloop.htm

I have also played with the brightness of M42, increasing it a bit as per Mike suggestion, however pushing it even further it is going to deteriorate the image instead of improving it IMHO

I hope you will enjoy that.

Clear Skies
Marco

[danielsun]

OMG!! That would have to be one one the best images I have ever seen!! What an incredible widefield view with detail, colour and shows just how busy this great region is!!

Cheers Daniel.