An exceedingly amateurish M42

[vineyard]

Hello,

Finally had some time to try some photos again last night.  M42 (of course!).  20 images of 20s (unguided), w ASI178MC (uncooled) through a 102mm f/8.6 refractor.  Biases, darks & flats applied.  Processed using SiriL, and then played around with a bit in Lightroom.  I also then played with one image again in GIMP.  Not great by ANY means, but my first EVER nebula photo

I think I prefer the slightly more monochrome one (I think I've made the colours too psychedelic in the other one!)

Cheers,

Vin

(PS - blooming 'eck seeing them on a laptop screen after posting: I need to improve my focus!)

Edited January 20, 2020 by vineyard
Added PS

[Sunshine]

Brilliant compared to my attempt which I never revealed for fear of being arrested lol.

[orion25]

Good start! Isn't it exciting getting your very own images of the cosmos? I like the more monochrome one, too; I can make out more detail on the nebula. Congratulations on your first nebula; I wish you many more  

Regards,

Reggie

Edited January 20, 2020 by orion25

[MartinB]

Well done on your 1st M42.  The monochrome works best for me as well