ORION, 55 hoours.

[ollypenrice]

Phew, first draft of the monster, having got the last colour panel last night.

Samyang 85 camera lens/Geoptik adapter and Atik 4000s on Tak EM200 mount. Ha in the mono, 6 x 5 hours in 10 min subs. OSC 6 x 4 hours in 10 mn subs. Processing in PixInsight, Photoshop, Registar and Microsoft ICE.

I wasn't trying to go insanely deep cos I wanted it to look like Orion plus a bit, so to speak. I'd appreciate feedback from different screens because these big mosaics are pretty hard to control...

Oh, I added a touch of Horse to M42 from my 30 hour image from last year.

Cheers,

Olly

[skywatcher1701]

wow

[BlueAstra]

Thats one for my answer book on how it should be done.

[yoda]

Fantastic.

[LukeSkywatcher]

I'd be telling a lie if i said i liked it.

I love it.

[themos]

Congratulations Olly!

No, I don't understand "how it was done"!

[Starblazer]

Bloomin heck !!! lovely image Olly. A monster indeed, although beautiful

Do you have larger versions of this available to view?

[Catanonia]

Jeez Olly, that is amazing.

Comon, give the details panes, FL, etc and an option for the full sized downlad ?

To think, M42 and Running Man or the Flame and HH only just fit into my MN190 F1000 FoV

[oldfruit]

Looks like a lot of work went into this image, amazing result.

[jgs001]

That's an enormous amount of work, but good grief what an amazing result... Well done Olly.

[GazOC]

Thats superb Olly. Stunning!!

[davew]

Hi Olly,

I downloaded it. Stretch the **** out of it. Pulled it all over the place. Went back to your early panels. Looked again and......... nope. You've hidden the joints very well.

I await your second draft. No rush, tomorrow would be nice

Dave.

[russ]

Incredible!!!!!! Amazing stuff Olly.

[simon955]

Fantastic, a massive effort and an equally massive return. Would make an awsome poster.

[ollypenrice]

Thanks kind people.

Bigger one is here; click to choose size.

Widefield images including mosaics and overlays. - ollypenrice's Photos

Focal length was just 85mm using this setup;

[russ]

Fantastic, a massive effort and an equally massive return. Would make an awsome poster.

And a great desktop image

[Catanonia]

85mm, so what is this then 6 panes for the full image ?

[eriwig]

Can't view the image in work

[MartinB]

Wonderful Olly, you must be pleased after all the hard work you have put in. For once awesome seems appropriate.

[GrantEb]

Absolutely incredible!

[Scubadude]

HOLY CR*P Thats beatiful!

I have to say alot of the images you see cover such a small area its hard to relate them to the sky, but that is like a full hand's worth of sky at arms length- it really shows whats there that you can't see with the naked eye!

Thanks so much for posting... (Damn, now I want to do DS imaging- MORE expense!)

[Hypernova]

An amazing end result Olly, well done

[Tim]

It's gonna be gorgeous Olly. Looks a bit on the red side on my screen, but it might just be all that Ha there. Peter's pow from last week might be a helpful reference for the red balance?

Funnily enough I just rigged an old slr lens to my QHY8, and the FOV you have here is pretty much what I can get on the chip in one go. If the result was anywhere near this good I reckon i'd ditch the scopes alltogether

[malp]

Beautifully done and, nope, can’t see the joins. Looks great on my screen (Apple 23" flat screen) though I downloaded it and added the standard profile - Adobe rgb - which I think improves it even more. Nice one. Doubt if I’ve had 55 hrs of imaging weather here in a year!

[Nick R]

what a stuuning image , well done