First DSO pic - Orion Nebula

[chris_suffolk]

New (to me) equipment managed to get a try out yesterday with first clear night in a while.

30 x 45 sec lights at ISO 800, plus darks and bias, then 10 x 15 sec for the core and overlaid using photoshop. Mirror had dew / ice so had to stop

As a first attempt at a DSO I'm pleased, but what do you guys and gals think......

Chris

[EnglishNightHawk]

Really good for a first attempt! Well done!

[chris_suffolk]

Will have another go at processing it - been a bit heavy with the red channel

[JohnC64]

Well done on your first dso Chris.  Some nice detail in the core there.

This is where the  imaging obsession starts :-)

Cheers John

[chris_suffolk]

Another attempt, reducing the red channel a bit

[Chris]

Yeah that's looking better Chris

[chris_suffolk]

Me thinks I need a photoshop evening class. Finding the star seems to be the easy bit. 3 hours last night, start to finish to collect the data, over 5 hours today alone just processing it, and I'm sure I could do better if I knew the ins and outs of photoshop a bit more.