Astro_Gaz

V3 with 7 hours more data added

On 13/01/2024 at 07:47, Pld said:

That looks very nice, the finished product should be excellent.

This is V2 from the same data, i have 12 more hours i of captured data that i haven't added yet

Flaming Star and Tadpole Nebula, this is the start of a new project 10 hours in so far will be adding much more to this it's an extremely rough edit for v1 of this 2 panel mosaic not ran cc on one of the panels and the join is slightly sketchy in a couple of places, just wanted to see what data I had

On 25/12/2023 at 09:44, gorann said:

That is a great journey Gaz! The current one is excellent. I feel I have done a similar journey since I started back in 2015. This steady progress is of course a major factor in what makes this hobby so rewarding. Still, even if I think that my first images now look quite pathetic, I seem to remember that I was quite pleased with them at the time, actually quite excited, which is probably what kept me going.

Yes, I know exactly what you mean.... I think this is why It's good to look back, as many Orion was and is one of my favourite nebulas to image, and I'm sure my latest won't be the last time I image it

On 24/12/2023 at 15:53, old_eyes said:

A lovely set of images. I recognise the journey. The delight at the very first image, then the ambition to improve leading to progressively more interesting (I won't say better!) images.

Mirrors my own journey to an extent, except I have never achieved the heights of your latest version!

Astonishing image!

Wow, thank you for your kind words

On 25/12/2023 at 10:37, tomato said:

Great set of images, I love the dusty renditions that are presented these days, they are almost unrecognisable as M42!
 

I have all of the necessary equipment however I’m about at the point of your last image, but I’ll keep trying.

that's all we can do, keep trying and never give up

5 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

Great post! Lovely dusty rendition at the top, an image with something to say.

Pass on my best wishes to Matt.

Olly

Will do Olly thank you fro the kind words

1 hour ago, MartinB said:

What a wonderful imaging journey Gaz!  Great image

Thanks Martin

Orion was the first Astro image I ever did 13 years ago, below you can see my journey over the past 13 years I have posted the most recent image first to hopefully hook you in then it progresses from the first image I ever took.

I've had lots of help along the way from my good friends Ray Leeson & Matt Foyle along the way 2 amazing blokes.

latest image was taken with a QHY294m and William Optics Super Apo 80 mm f/480 mm combo

older images have various Nikon cameras and QHY9m along with Celstron Nexstar 4SE & Orion Optics VX6

Thank you for popping in for a look

Gaz

On 05/12/2023 at 22:13, Rodd said:

Interesting framing.  It gives it a real 3D look 

it was going to be part of a mosaic but ive since updated some equipment in my rig so will be starting again

very nice

The Pelican Nebula - Narrowband Forax Colour Palette

Ha - 4 hours
Oiii - 1 hour 20 Minutes
Sii - 2 hours 40 Minutes
Total image time - 8 Hours  across 2 nights with a big moon above the horizon

Telescope - William Optics 80mm Super APO
Camera - QHY294M
Filter Wheel - QHYCFW3L (with M adapter)
Filters - Baader Ha LRGB, Optolong Sii & Oiii
Reducer - William Optics Adjustable Flat6A III 0.8x
Guiding - QHYOAG & QHY5ii
Mount - NEQ6 (Belt Mod)
Software - N.I.N.A / PHD2 / Pixinsight

Pixinsight prosessing chain - ABE, BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, STF, HT, Pixel Math ForaxCombination, SCNR, Pixel Math Remove Magenta, Curves, ColourSaturation
happy to share my prosessing chain should anyone require details please ask  

Bortle - 4.7

My take on the Orion Nebula,

like most, this was one of my first ever targets feels good to go back and re visit it, I will more than likely keep adding data to this over the years to come

Ha - 40x300s
Ha Core - 38x30s
RGB - 30x120s in each filter
 

Telescope - William Optics 80mm Super APO
Camera - QHY294M
Filter Wheel - QHYCFW3L (with M adapter)
Filters - Baader Ha LRGB, Optolong Sii & Oiii
Reducer - William Optics Adjustable Flat6A III 0.8x
Guiding - QHYOAG & QHY5ii
Mount - NEQ6 (Belt Mod)
Software - N.I.N.A / PHD2 / Pixinsight

Bortle - 4.5

3 hours ago, AstroMuni said:

Awesome images, worth submitting to magazines for getting published !

Wow, that's a cool idea, thank you 

On 29/08/2022 at 10:06, Stuart1971 said:

No, I did it at the correct time and in the correct image and it worked perfectly just left about 4 of the bigger stars behind…whereas yours has removed every one…

If you send a high-res version of yours to me, I'd be more than happy to run it through mine to see if it removes them for you? If so, please let me know and ill dm you my email address 

2 hours ago, MartinB said:

Well you have certainly nailed that!  Good data very nicely processed.  I like your colour management leaving in some green.  Proper Hubble palate.

Thanks, Martin, yes I've never understood taking all the green out, I believe it complements the image and gives it a tad more depth 

12 hours ago, Stuart1971 said:

Yes, here is my version…

 

Strange, the only thing I could think is maybe It's down to resolution? Just checking it's not a JPEG that you're trying it on? 

17 hours ago, Knight of Clear Skies said:

You're welcome. I think starless versions often give a greater sense of depth which the starfield can often hide. Possibly something to do with how we perceive depth, we expect objects to blur with distance which doesn't happen with point sources. 

Hi Olly, totally agree mate, I'm even toying with the idea of shooting the stars in RGB then adding them back in but might try that on the next image rather than a re visit on this one

nice job

2 minutes ago, Knight of Clear Skies said:

Very nice, think the starless image works particularly well here.

Yeah, I do love starless on images with lots of nebula, thank you for your kind words  

6 minutes ago, Stuart1971 said:

Hmmm, same settings I used…🤔🤔

thanks 👍🏻

 I'm assuming your images had been stretched at this point?

1 minute ago, scotty38 said:

ha that would actually not be a bad shout I guess at some point. I'm actually "testing" my kit on this very target at the moment as I'm waiting on my permanent setup. I only just got the mono camera and filters so I'm kidding myself I'm just playing at the minute and none of it matters if I mess up 🙂 🙂

this was the first full image on this rig i had recently upgraded from the QHY9m, give me a shout if you get stuck with anything  

8 minutes ago, scotty38 said:

Nice image and pretty much the same kit as me!

That's cool, perhaps we need to team up ha ha

18 minutes ago, glafnazur said:

Great images, nice detail and colours 👍

Thanks mate its a 50/50 blend of Hubble & Foraxx pallet 

4 minutes ago, Stuart1971 said:

Beautiful rendition of this target, i have done this recently too, and just started with PI, can I ask what you used to remove the stars, as I used starnet 2, but found it left a few larger ones behind 

cheers

Hi Mate thanks for the kind words I also used StarNet 2 I've attached a screenshot of settings, hope it works out for you