M42 - A little background information...

[Tim]

It's the same old pic, but I have tried every trick I know to try and highlight the surrounding nebulosity. This seems very dim compared to the rest of the nebula. I had seen it on one of the pro's pics, and fancied trying to get some data on it, but then noticed it was a 12 hour exposure they had used. :shock:

At any rate, I fairly pleased with what has managed to come out of this, especially as the subs all had a hideous orange gradient from top to bottom from the light pollution. Pixinsight was used extensively in the processing. Version here 1/3 of original size.

Thanks for looking, cy'all in the new year when I return! Have a good 'un!

TJ

[anthony]

Great detail. love the running man

Anthony

[Psychobilly]

Wowser TJ

Have a great break....

Billy....

[Les Tilly]

Excellent Image a one for the wall Great Processing too. Do you use a light pollution filter ?

Les

[steppenwolf]

That is an amazing amount of structure that you have extracted from the dust areas! Have a good break.

[Stephen Green]

A great image I like the running man as well Have a great Christmas and new Year

Stephen

[RobH]

Great work TJ....you've really squeezed a lot of info out there

A very happy Christmas to you and your family

Cheers

Rob

[johnh]

It is amazing what you can achieve with reprocessing - enjoy your Christmas. :salute:

[RichieJarvis]

Nice one TJ - thats stunning - have a good break!

Richie

[barkis]

Yep, it's a goodun TJ. You put a hell of a lot of effort in, but the rewards are coming.

Get ye off for a nice holiday break with the family. See you next year. Probably literally.

Have a great Xmas.

Ron. :salute:

[Beyond_Vision]

Lets hope the weather is kind to you have a great Christmas Tim. It's only when you see deep pictures like this, that you realise, what you thought was a bit of background noise around Orion is actually nebulosity

Regards

Kevin

[Tim]

Les, I use a CLS filter for nearly all images taken from home. Without it I get nothing but orange from the parcel depots etc at the airport nexy door. Even at kelling heath I found an improvement to be honest. It's a shame because they do cut off quite a bit of light, making the exposure length needed to be longer, and if your'e not careful you can get a colour cast.

Kevin, after a few days at my parents, i'll be down at Christchurch caravan site, so i'll test out your proposed site for imaging if we get a clear spell I'm really hoping for a good southern view for a couple of nights to get something on the cone nebula.

Cheers all.

Tim

[ollypenrice]

Oh YES!!! That chocolate brown outer dust region is something rarely seen. That was your goal, it seems, and you've done it. I'm so impressed that you have managed it form such a difficult site. Parcel depot... Yikes, well done that man.

Olly.