Roy Batty Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I stuck it out to the wee small hours last night - boy was it chilly, at around 1a.m. I could see M42 would clear my neighbours house and it was just too good an opportunity to let pass by. Last year I didn't attempt to image this until around Jan-Feb at a far more civilised hour .Anyway to the details: Prime focus unmodded DSLR on an ED80, 16 X 5min subs @ ISO800. Guided with C8-N using a webcam & PHD. Processing: DSS, PixInsightLe, PSCS3.cheersKeith M42 & NGC1977 - 25th November 2008 (click to enlarge) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Lovely image Keith, bet your chuffed with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thing Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Splendid image Roy, OGW is excellent, one of the best I've seen on a widefield pigeon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaptain Klevtsov Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 You can see the fabulosity coming out in that one Roy. It'll be a few weeks before I can get that, unless I move my house, but I'm looking forward to it already.Kaptain Klevtsov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Really really nice Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trudie Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Definatley worth freezing for Roy,Trudie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendant Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Worth every minute of the freezing cold Keith. Fabulous filamentary detail in the nebula and nice subtle processing. Well done.Brendan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondog Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Good image with an un-modded DSLR KeithExcellent Running Man, and M42's core not over-exposed, so trapezium stars are visible. Well done. 8) MD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobilly Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Very nicely done Roy. Loads of fine detail in there. Now M42 is better placed there are loads of cracking images of it being produced and I enjoy lookign at every single one of them Billy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taff Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Very Nice Roy' nice details in the picture.Taff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Some fabulous detail there Keith - excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beyond_Vision Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 A very nice image Keith with plenty of detail RegardsKevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostNSpace Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Nicely captured Keith, some nice detail in thereMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centroid Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 That is one very nice image indeed Keith.Nice work!!Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Batty Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 Well now... it definitely looks like open season on M42 with quite a flurry of them being posted, I'd like to say well done one an all.Thanks for all the comments , I think I've thawed out now :toothy3: - I'll probably be taking some close-up's of both using the C8-N next time and I'm pleased the guided setup is paying dividends picking up the finer detail that comes with longer subs. There appears to be quite a bit of sooty stuff at the outer edges of M42, which I hope the C8-N will pick up in more detail.Also, I forgot to add in my posting that the main subs were combined with a final 30 second sub as a layer in PS to keep the core from burning out.cheersKeith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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