The Jewels of Orion - M42, The Running Man, Horsehead, Flame, M78 and Barnard's Loop - Askar200/ASI2600mc, Samyang135/ASI1600mm plus Hi Res

[Laurin Dave]

Captured between 26Feb and 1 March, an end of season Orion Mosaic including part of Barnards' Loop, M78, the Horsehead, Flame, Running Man and Great Orion Nebulae and the three stars of the Belt. Consisting of nine overlapping panels of colour with the Askar200/ASI2600mc totalling 7.5hrs and eleven panels of Ha with the Samyang135/ASI1600mm totalling 9hrs.   I've added high resolution data from Esprit100/X46 and Esprit150/SX46 images to the M78, Horsehead and  M42 areas.  Each panel was calibrated/debayered in Pixinsight and integrated in APP, then cropped and registered in Pixinsight using the Mosaic by co-ordinates script, gradient corrected using Pixinsight's Photometric Mosaic script then each corrected panel was fed back into APP for final integration.  Initial stretching in Pixinsight then into Photoshop for colour enhancement, adding the Ha to the RGB, star size and noise reduction and to blend in the Hi Res Data.  Then back to Pixinsight for a final crop and resample to 50% (7.5arcsec/pp).   Its somewhat noisy and not one for the pixel peepers.

Thanks for looking

Dave

 

[vineyard]

That's quite resplendent 👏🏾

& wow re the processing intricacies post-capture - scripts I didn't even know of (good old learning curve!).

[gorann]

That worked out really well Dave! You have managed to combine four scopes in an excellent way.

Edited March 11, 2021 by gorann

[Astro Waves]

well then, thats a bit of alright isn't it.

[MartinB]

Sometimes I like subdued colours but others scream out for a vibrancy hit and you have done just that.  Brilliant.  There will be no pixel peeping from me, I have life to lead!

[Sunshine]

It is a wonderful image of such a rich region.

[mackiedlm]

that is a stunning image. i love the diagonal framing - perfect.

[dannybgoode]

Oh that's nice.  Wonderful framing and extremely well processed...

[Allinthehead]

Very nice Dave, great work combining the differing focal lengths.

[tomato]

A wonderful image, you have done a great job with the PI mosaic scripts. 

Don't worry about  pixel peeping, this is panorama to be enjoyed at full scale.

[callisto]

That's very nice indeed....love these wide shots 👍

[Laurin Dave]

Thanks all..   comments much appreciated...  sorry for delay ... I needed a lie down after finishing it

Dave

[DaveS]

That is rather wonderful.

The processing is way beyond my modest bodge-it non-skills.

[Pete Presland]

An excellent end result for all your efforts, never mind the "pixel peepers" its stunning!

[masjstovel]

Very nice result indeed! Makes me wanna go for mosaic myself

[simmo39]

out of this world, a real stunner!

[CraigT82]

That's a real beaut and a wonderful achievement, love the framing too 👍

[geeklee]

Fantastic Dave and just as stunning viewing at 1:1 where all that additional hi res blending makes all the difference.

Edited March 10, 2021 by geeklee

[Astro Waves]

20 hours ago, simmo39 said:

out of this world, a real stunner!

Hahaha, easily best comment, Kinda annoyed I didn't make it.

[John Nodding]

Belt-er! 👍🏻
 

Noddy

[peter shah]

Wow a stunner....very nicely processed

[tooth_dr]

What a great image Dave. The piece of the loop is really something else 👍🏻

[Laurin Dave]

Again, thanks everyone for your kind comments, much appreciated..   had a nice lie-down (which lasted most of yesterday too!) and feel much better for it

Dave