M42- NGC 1977 Composite

[lensman57]

HI,

Another week of clouds and rain up here with the promise of more to come. I decided to re process the data from 5th of Oct, yes that was the last time I saw a real clear sky. I had taken some 20s subs of the M42 along some 180s and some 300s, Olly suggested that I should combine the 20s data with 180s to avoid burning the TRAP region, he hates HDR treatment, so I decided to do that. Here is the result, I hope that I have got it right. The main processing was done in StarTools and I aligned the files in PI using Star Alignment, combine was done in PS using layer masking. Hope that you approve. As I said this is the  combination of 20s and 180s data from my Atik 428EX and an Ascension 80 mm Apo @F4.8.

Regards,

A.G

[nmoushon]

Nicely done combining the data. Though I'm with Olly and not a fan of the HDR but each their own. You did control the Trap. very well though. Nice job.

[lensman57]

Nicely done combining the data. Though I'm with Olly and not a fan of the HDR but each their own. You did control the Trap. very well though. Nice job.

Thank you, much obliged.

A.G