The sword in Orion

[pietervdv]

Hello Everybody,

Last week I spent another week in Southern France at Gîte Les Granges, for the third time already. It was great to get away from everything for one week and focus just on imaging. Having had 5 clear nights, I have a big amount of data. This is the first one, the Orion nebula. This is just a quick process.

Lum: 1.5 h (9x600s + 10x8s for core) got clouds while shooting lum

RGB: 1 h each

Total exposure: 4.5h

Scope: TeleVue np101is and st8300, mount EM200.

Larger version here:

http://www.astronomie.be/pieter.vandevelde/deepsky/M42med.jpg

Hope you guys like it,

regards,

Pieter

[tonyh66]

Absolutely superb

[Pete Presland]

its certainly spectacular! well done

[Hedgerow]

Breathtaking, the result of very well handled piece of excellent kit.

[harry page]

Hi

Thats very good indeed

there is a slight colour cast i.e the running man is brown at the bottom.

But I now its hard to get the colours right

Harry

[dc509]

Very nice - great ad for Les Granges!

[pietervdv]

Thanks for the comments!

Harry, you are right. The colour is off a bit, I did some rework on the colour data. It looks more natural now I think.

regards,

Pieter

[mr saddo]

WOW THAT`S FANTASTIC, REALLY BEAUTIFUL THE COLOUR IS AMAZING, WELL DONE.

[antimorris]

Outstanding!!! Beautifully done

[harry page]

Hi

Much better

Harry

Thanks for the comments!

Harry, you are right. The colour is off a bit, I did some rework on the colour data. It looks more natural now I think.

regards,

Pieter

[Willarnold]

WOW

That is an amazing picture

[ollypenrice]

I knew this was going to be good as I saw the data coming in but that is more than good, it is pure gold. Outstanding. Superb layer masking, really seamless, and the wispy faint dust and gas to the west are clear as day.

Anyone who has battled with this target knows how hard it is, too.

Olly

[Steve 1962]

Just beautiful