M45 with some IFN Samyang 135 f2.4

[Magnum]

Quick Widefield M45 with some  Integrated Flux Nebula (IFN), I always struggle getting IFN from my Bortle 5.5 location though others seem to manage better than I do, and what I do get doesnt have the golden colours I see in other images of this area 😞, only managed 110 mins before the sky hazed over so Maybe extra data on another night will help.

Exposure: 110 x 60 sec subs

Optic: Samyang 135mm f2 lens @ f2.4.

Camera: ZWO 533MC, Gain 100, Offset 20.

Filter: Idas LP2

Mount: EQ8

Bortle: 5.5, Tricky for IFN

Guided, Captured, Stacked, Flatten Background, & DDP stretch in MaximDL, final processing in Photoshop. No Calibration frames.

[Sunshine]

Beautiful image, love wide fields.

[SiriusDoggy]

Very, very nice. It's hard to bring out that faint IFN without completely blowing out the stars in M45. Congrats on the capture and fine processing.

Edited January 16, 2023 by SiriusDoggy

[DrMike]

Terrific image, M45 looks even better in your wide-field with all that delicate nebulae.

[simmo39]

Yep, V nice!