M42 - 25-11-08 - C9.25 + 350d

[jcm]

Normally I would have used the 130mm APO for a shot like this. I bought the C9.25 for lunar and planetary imaging. I have only imaged a few deep sky objects with this scope but I have been pleased with the results. It does not have the field of view of the F6 APO but it probably picks up more fine detail.

10 X 1mmin , 8 X 2min , Canon 350d ( modded ) at 800 ISO

Might try to combine the 1 min exps and the 2min separately to get more central detail.

John

Had a go at making the central area more visible.

[Doc]

Great shot John.

Loads of detail.

I can see a man's face with a beard in this one. Can you spot it?

[bazza]

John,

That's a really impressive image.

Fantastic detailed close up.

Imagine a mosaic of these close ups, put together to equal the widfield shots of M42 we see?

Mmmm - there's an idea!

Barry.

[steppenwolf]

Lovely one, John!

[Roy]

Nicely done John

[jcm]

I can see a man's face with a beard in this one. Can you spot it?

The more I look at this image the more strange stuff I can see.

Is your man with beard a small or large feature ??

John

[LostNSpace]

Hi John!!!

Lovely image there......Lots of detail there for just 26mins of data....

M42 is the perfect size to image through a bigger scope like the C9.25....

Mark

[Psychobilly]

Very Nice John

Cracking detail in there

Now TJ has pointed out the Man in M42 just cant help lookign for him in every image.. perhaps it will become a quality mark ... in the same way as a blue gold M31....

Billy...

[steve51450]

cracking image for such a short amount of time

[brendant]

Lovely image John, fantastic detail.

Brendan

[Starjumper]

Nice image John

John

[Psychobilly]

Hi John,

have a look at this thread...I have boxed "him" out in that image...

http://stargazerslounge.com/index.php/topic,34904.0.html

Billy...

[RobH]

Great image, loads of detail and great scale.

On another thread, M42 was described as a 'pigeon', and now I always see that!

His head is the curly bit of the neb top middle, and his wings are spread.

Cheers

Rob

[jcm]

ahh - I now see the man with beard and also the chicken with wings spread. Strange how we can pick out stuff from a mass of dust and gas.

John