Quick(er) and dirty(er) Orion

[johnfosteruk]

Seeing as how Dave in Vermont asked for more. Here's Orion in all her beauty just now, even quicker than M45, but this time shot with the nifty fifty Nikon 1.8 which is sharp as a tac on daytime targets and has performed well on the odd wide field astro shot I've used it for.

40 x 4s @ F2.2 ISO 800

40 darks

40 bias

registered and stacked in DSS, nasty tree and aerial cropped out in PS and some stretching. 

I killed as much of the gradient as I could with a blurred subtracted layer and also did a slight saturation enhancement (although the LP and short subs kills the colour so I didn't overdo it as it would have blown), also a gentle unsharp mask too.

The main individual stars stand out ok, better shape than the M45 shot earlier too. Orion Nebula is there and so is the flame if you view full size (just) But the LP here is really quite nasty it has to be said.

[Dave In Vermont]

You nut!! 36.4megs?! Ahahahahahahaha!    

Thanks! (I think...) LOL!

Dave

[johnfosteruk]

1 minute ago, Dave In Vermont said:

You nut!! 36.4megs?! 

Forgot to change the image size. Told you it was late

[Dave In Vermont]

I think I'll leave this here (not mine, unfortunately).

About bed-time here as well -

thanks for the laugh!

Dave

 

 

[Pete Presland]

I find it remarkable to see the flame nebula in such short exposures with just a fixed camera. excellently done, imagine what it would be like at a darker site!

[johnfosteruk]

3 hours ago, bunnygod1 said:

imagine what it would be like at a darker site!

Im planning a vis session at the dark site in the coming days so I'll take the camera and do a comparison. 

[Dave In Vermont]

I, for one, look foreward to your results. A side-by-side would be an amazing experiment! It may be something of interest to the International Dark-Sky Association:

http://darksky.org/

Hope the weather cooperates -

Dave