New widefield M42.

[ollypenrice]

This is with Tak FSQ85 reduced to 328mm (F3.9). Atik 4000 mono.

It was taken with guest David Watson who shared the capture duties but the processing here is mine. To save time I used an existing longer FL M42 for the Trapezium though David will use the short subs we took for this area. It was pretty smooth for just 6 hours but that's F3.9 for you...

Olly

PS Tonight some Ha for an alternative treatment, but I like LRGB on its own for this one.

[Spikey]

A stunning pic, I didn't realise there was so much darker nebulosity.

[Rich MedRev]

Breathtaking, the dark nebulosity detail is just awesome.

I have just been compelled to share the image with all my collegues and the response has been the same and they are not astonomers!

[swag72]

Olly, that is truly beautiful, a real stunner and a haunting image as well. Absolutely fantastic, thank you so much for posting this.

[PaulKummer]

Excellent Olly, as usual . The little bit of reflection nebula towards the top left is new to me.

What length subs did you use?

Paul

[ollypenrice]

Excellent Olly, as usual . The little bit of reflection nebula towards the top left is new to me.

What length subs did you use?

Paul

All five minutes for the main image, Paul. We also took 5 and 30 secs for the Trap but I didn't need them because I had the earlier image.

Olly

[Dave]

An absolute Stunner!

[Shibby]

That's absolutely stunning The framing/composition is perfect!

[Tom OD]

Throw it into the orion constellation pic you have!

Tom.

[Porl]

that is truely amazing!! :)

[ollypenrice]

Throw it into the orion constellation pic you have!

Tom.

Nah, I'm gonna pinch your widefield Sword for that job!!

Olly

[peter shah]

beautiful rendition Olly, that dark fluff is nice and smooth

[RAC]

Top effort!

[steppenwolf]

Lovely image, Olly and a wonderful field of view with the FSQ 85

[Whirlwind]

Stunning and lovely image, wow.

[George!]

Jaw dropping!

[stan26]

Olly thats just incredible! The depth/detail of the image is truly wonderful.

[RobH]

Superb Olly....I don't remember ever seeing the dust look so 3D

Rob

[MikeD]

WOW, stunning dark detail, got to be one of the best I have seen.

To come and play at your house is one of the things I must do before I die.

Mike.

[RobH]

To come and play at your house is one of the things I must do before I die.

Mike.

Me too

[Uplooker]

Olly,

That is a truly fantastic photo. It just comes alive as you look at it! The amount of detail is stunning. I think that is the best rendition of M42 I have ever seen.

[SkyJamie]

Brilliant Olly

Jamie

[Beyond_Vision]

Delicate and exquisite you can never tire of this celestial beauty. It just shows how much dust fills the gaps between these nebulae. Expertly captured and processed Olly

Regards

Kevin

[FranckiM06]

Wow, it is so beautiful and great processing. Congratulation Olly for this splendid image.

Franck

[Fenriz]

I have no choice but to agree with everything everyone has said, this has to be one of the best images of M42, eat your heart out NASA.

Well done Olly