Messier 42 from Malmoe (finally an image again)

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After more than 6 months away from this wonderful world I feel that I have gotten my enthusiasm back again.

I started of with the Orion Nebula.

This one is about 30x180s L, 10x180s RGB (binned) and about 40x20s for the center.

Blended the center and the rest with Photoshop layermask.

I did have some Ha aswell but framed that one wrong.

It is taken from Oxie just outside Malmoe in Sweden.

Equipment used:

Heq5, Skywatcher ED80, Atik 314L+ and Baaders LRGB filters.

I guided with a ST80 and a QHY5L-II.

Now I did something wrong when I used Photoshops "Save for web and devices"

so please forgive the blotchy quality.

[ollypenrice]

Nicely blended at the masking stage.

Olly

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Thank you Olly.
First time I did any blending like this so was abit unsure how much you should do it.