M42 - 1st attempt

Managed to get a few shots of M42 last night.

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The night was very windy hence the slight double star images. I used a single 7.5 minute shot with a 1 min exposure for the core detail. Overall I'm quite pleased, cant wait to get a whole pile of images on a not so windy night!!

Stunning Dave!

Very interesting to see the difference that DSLR gives compared to film.

Great shot Dave, cannot wait to see more data on this one

Later,

Jed.

Dave - that's a really good image. Bummer about the wind but I'd say on a clear frosty night you'll get a peach of an image - especially as Orion keeps on rising earlier.

I'd love to see you get this one again.

Any chance you could post the image details?

Cheers and well done

Dave McD

Cheers Guys,

DaveMc the exposure details are in the pane below the image. Here they are.

M42 - The Great Orion Nebula. C9.25 Scope at f/6.3 Composite of single 7.5min exposure plus 1x1min exposure (to show core detail) on Canon 300D at ISO 800 Autoguiding with guidedog and SC3modified webcam Conditions: Transparacy good, very windy.

:oops:

In all fairness, it was light grey on a white background... :lol:

Cheers for that. I can definately see you raising the bar this winter with that setup Dave. And dare I say an image or two in the mags?

Anthony - watch yer back...

Cheers

Dave