Just 3 minutes of M42 with Optolong L-eXtreme filter

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

On December 18 I took a couple of shots of M42 with the optolong L-eXtreme filter, but decided to switch to the Horse-Head nebula instead, because I felt the filter was too severe for M42. I decided to stack the results anyway, so here it is, my shortest M42 ever. Very noisy, but at least the core isn't blown out. Note how the Running Man nebula is practically gone. I might blend some of this kind of data in with the older captures of M42

 

[alan potts]

I had the L enhance version from them and didn't like the result, maybe I sold it on in haste and should have tried a blended shot or two. The result you have here I feel will benefit from that, though as I am sure you know you can always take shorter exposures of the very core and blend them. At the moment it would be nice to see anything, been awful here all month.

Alan