Ozark Bill

Very nice work! I’m always a fan of seeing as much of the fine dust and details as possible. These objects don’t usually sit by themselves in the middle of dark space like so many pictures show. 

I’m really glad you posted this. I’m thinking about getting the Astrotrack and was thinking of trying my Canon 500 f4. Will probably use the counterweight kit with that one though.

Great M31!

Thank you, Sunshine! 😊

Hi everyone,

This is quite the community and I’m happy to present my first image here. 
 

I am about six months into the hobby and this is my first crack at a closeup of these objects.
 

I Used a modified Canon 7D mkii, Canon 300mm f/2.8 stopped down to f/3.2 on a Skywatcher Star Adventurer without guiding. 
 

I took six sets of exposures to cover dynamic range and composited, rather poorly, in PS CS6. Stacked with APP. You can read more details about this session here: https://ozarkbill.com/2023/01/28/the-great-orion-nebula-and-the-running-man-nebula-m42-and-m43-january-2022/