NGC 2244 & M42 + Sh2-279

[rodrigol]

Finally the skies cleared up for a decent while with no interfering moon last Monday. But it was cold and a bit windy! Powering everything up in the obsy I found my GPS (SkySync) was not working. Probably the internal battery ran flat again. I set the time and location manually on my CGEM-DX and off I went hunting for DSO's. I used my trusty Altair SWED80 with APO filter, ASI1600MC with an Opteron LP Filter and Sharpcap Pro. For each object below I took 20x lights+10x dark (for a master)+10x bias. I used PI for processing and a little PS.

NGC 2244

 

 

M42 & Sh2-279 - Running Man

 

I would appreciate any comments ?

 

[astro mick]

A lovely capture of the Rosette,very nice colour balance.

The Orion Nebulae,very popular.If i was to criticise,the core is a little burnt out,and the colour maybe needs a tweak in saturation.

However well done on both images.

Mick.

[peter shah]

You have two very different looking images both lovely..... The detail in the rosette is super but I also like the softer take on Orion

[rodrigol]

Thank you, thank you for your comments. I have to admit I've been working on Rosette with a D7200 and didn't quite manage to get an image I'd post here. But with the ASI this was a very pleasant experience. M42, on the other hand, is quite the opposite. "Easy" with the Nikon, but hard with the ASI. Perhaps the UHC filter is playing up with M42?