M45 and the Omega nebula - surprise weather in the UK

[rodrigol]

Last night I got a pleasant surprise: Clear skies (nobody bought anything new yesterday?!) So, I rushed out and managed to get 20 x 300s L of M45 and the Omega nebula with an Esprit 120 and ASI294MC Pro. Both a processed with PI. By the time I finished everything was soaking wet with dew, which I admit is a bit frightening!

 

Comments welcome 🙂

 

 

Edited November 11, 2020 by rodrigol

[wimvb]

Nice catch! Of course, more of those rare clear nights would be beneficial.

[gorann]

Nice catches! usually I only realize that there is an un-forcasted clear night when I take the last walk with the dog just after midnight and then it is too late...... But right now I would be very surprised to get such a surprise here among clouds and fog🥴

[rodrigol]

I have finished processing the Omega nebula data (I think) and below is the result. Maybe I can do a bit more with sharpening but that always introduces artifacts. I did do a bit more of LHE to get some more detail of the nebula using a luminance mask.

[MartinB]

Well done on making good use of the unexpected clear spell.  I missed it!

[rodrigol]

And another clear spell 2 nights ago. I then managed to add ~3h more of data using 300s exposures on M45. The current result is below 🙂

I'm really happy with the Esprit 120 and the ASI 294MC Pro combo. I wish there was a cheaper reducer out there that works with it.

Thanks for watching!

R:)