M42 - Atik 4000

[Coolhandjo]

Lovely weather last 2 days. At last managed to image M42 with my new Atik 4000.

This image is LRGB 30:30:30:30 10min each. Used 30sec core mask.

Cropped sightly due to L Flats not quite right. Will fix that next time around with longer flat duration.

Comments welcomed

[Episkey]

Incredible! Very sharp picture!

[Coolhandjo]

I just tamed the core a bit more!

[Moon monkey]

That is very nice, well done :hello2:

Cant wait till I can have a go at m45. I did try last night but it clouded over ........ and then the sky was FULL of fireworks

Cheers MM

[MorningMajor]

Nice one!

[Coolhandjo]

Incredible! Very sharp picture!

Thanks. I am loving the new Atik. Needed a larger chip and happy its got enough resolution to capture fine detail.

[Coolhandjo]

That is very nice, well done :hello2:

Cant wait till I can have a go at m45. I did try last night but it clouded over ........ and then the sky was FULL of fireworks

Cheers MM

Thanks. New years smoke pollution!

[Coolhandjo]

Nice one!

Thanks. Love this easy target

[ollypenrice]

Great choice of camera!

The pic is good but you could get it even better. You do need more data if you can get it and you need some much shorter subs for the Trapezium. I used 11 seconds at F5.3 and less than that at F3.9. The blending technique which I like best is from Lodigruss;

Compositing 2 Different Exposures via Layer Masks

You also have some green thing going on! (This is very common and afflicts nearly all my uncorrected images.) If you have Pixinsight then SCNR set to green will do it. If you don't, there is a freebie Hasta Luego Green on Rogelio Bernal Andreo's Deep Sky Colors website.

You could try a shorter stretch of data as a layer underneath in order to pull down those very bright devils just outside the nebula, too.

NB I only say all this because you asked for ideas; it's good as it is!

Olly

[Tom OD]

Good pic, and I see a bit fo a green cast in there too. Its easy to correct though as Olly has stated.

Tom.

[Coolhandjo]

Great choice of camera!

The pic is good but you could get it even better. You do need more data if you can get it and you need some much shorter subs for the Trapezium. I used 11 seconds at F5.3 and less than that at F3.9. The blending technique which I like best is from Lodigruss;

Compositing 2 Different Exposures via Layer Masks

You also have some green thing going on! (This is very common and afflicts nearly all my uncorrected images.) If you have Pixinsight then SCNR set to green will do it. If you don't, there is a freebie Hasta Luego Green on Rogelio Bernal Andreo's Deep Sky Colors website.

You could try a shorter stretch of data as a layer underneath in order to pull down those very bright devils just outside the nebula, too.

NB I only say all this because you asked for ideas; it's good as it is!

Olly

Thanks Olly! I did everything you said accpt add more data! Here is the reslt. Good advice.

[ollypenrice]

Thanks Olly! I did everything you said accpt add more data! Here is the reslt. Good advice.

Yesss....

Olly

[Coolhandjo]

Here is a version that I reprocessed using Digital development TM. It got rid of clipping and smoothed the image out

[Zul]

Stunning details! Love the colors!