M45

[martin_h]

Its taken me about 3 months to complete this, what with cloud and full moons, its been one of these that I have shot a few frames as and when in-between other things.

Anyway its done -ish for now, comprising of 5 hours of lum subs and 3 hours per channel RGB. Processing was a combination of Pixinsight and PS.

[StuartJPP]

Really good that, extra fluffy.

[peter shah]

Deeeeep...nice work

[Mr Spock]

Very nice. There a lot of detail on there.

[reddoss]

Lovely image. 

[HenryW]

Fantastic! WOW!

[kirkster501]

I love a nice m45 me.  A fabulous example here, well done!

[Scott]

Very impressive Martin. lovely nebulosity and so much nicer than a pitch black background sky. 

Best I've seen for a good while

[Paul73]

Incredible.

M45 was the view that got me into astronomy in the first place.

Worth the hard work. How many man hours to produce?

Paul

[sloz1664]

Absolutely stunning Martin. Love how you have managed to tease out the greyish nebulosity which is not usually 

shown as it's intended. Most images are usually too blue (well to my mind anyway).

I have around 9 hours of data( or 4.5 hours usable).

I tried to capture last night but the wind caused havoc and ruined most of my subs.

Makes me chuckle.....don't touch a QHY ccd with a bargepole.

cheers

Steve

[Scott]

Absolutely stunning Martin. Love how you have managed to tease out the greyish nebulosity which is not usually 

shown as it's intended. Most images are usually too blue (well to my mind anyway).

I have around 9 hours of data( or 4.5 hours usable).

I tried to capture last night but the wind caused havoc and ruined most of my subs.

Makes me chuckle.....don't touch a QHY ccd with a bargepole.

cheers

Steve

I use a dslr but am curious....what's wrong with the qhy? I use the qhy5-II as a guide camera and was thinking of having a play on some planetary....or is it the dso cameras you are refering to? As I say, I've never imaged with a ccd so it's all dutch to me

[Gina]

What a wonderful image - superb

[sloz1664]

I use a dslr but am curious....what's wrong with the qhy? I use the qhy5-II as a guide camera and was thinking of having a play on some planetary....or is it the dso cameras you are refering to? As I say, I've never imaged with a ccd so it's all dutch to me

Hi Scott,

QHY had an issue with the QHY8 MK1 & QHY8 Pro with misting within the CCD chamber

and the front cover glass. These issues have been firmly resolved and all later releases are fine.

cheers

Steve

[andyo]

That is a very nice bit of work fantasic amount of nebulosity captured in the surrounding area as well

[Scott]

Hi Scott,

QHY had an issue with the QHY8 MK1 & QHY8 Pro with misting within the CCD chamber

and the front cover glass. These issues have been firmly resolved and all later releases are fine.

cheers

Steve

thanks Steve 

[LeeWilky]

Absolutely stunning mate!  Thanks for sharing

[sologuitarist61]

Great image - fantastic!

[Coco]

Outstanding !!

So deep and beautifully processed..

Little ED 80 pro again?

[SnakeyJ]

Incredible work there Martin - very deep, well beyond the usual hints of nebulosity and this has produced staggering amounts of detail - coupled with many hours of processing!  Are you posting the full res version anywhere.

[Steve 1962]

Very nice indeed Martin - great job!