M42 Core

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After my main target last night I had a quick go on the core of M42, this is 15 x 30 secs in Ha plus 15 x 30 secs in Oiii so only 15 mins total capture time. Captured with my Atik460 CCD and Meade 127mm F7.5 Triplet. I used much shorter subs than I normally do as the Trapezium stars are extremely bright so I didn't want to overexpose them. After that I then set a sequence of 10 min subs to get the faint stuff in the background, but it clouded over after only 6 subs so that will have to wait now. As im running a dual rig I also have another set to process now from the wide field scope. guided, captured, stacked and stretched in MaximDL, processed in Photoshop. Cropped quite bit to show the detail in the Trapezium