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First Shot of the Orion Nebula

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18 years 10 months ago #22762 by Keith g
First Shot of the Orion Nebula was created by Keith g
I had a go at the Orion Nebula M42 also this evening, and I'm delighted with the way it turned out :P No autoguiding whatsoever, this is a stack of five 20second exposures at ISO800 through my C8 SCT. I processed it in ps, and eliminated some weak noise using a program called noiseware.

I took about 15 exposures, many had some trailing due to ever so slight jolts from the telescopes motor, I did'nt think 'deepsky' could be so tough without an autoguider/laptop etc.

Well, here's my throw at it... :arrow:

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18 years 10 months ago #22765 by martinastro
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Oh yes..thats a cracker keith :D

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coruscations attending the whole length of the luminosity, giving to the phenomena the aspect of a wrathful messenger, and not that of a tranquil body pursuing a harmless course..comet of 1680

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18 years 10 months ago #22772 by dave_lillis
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its a good start Keith
unless you have a high cost top end mount, auto-guiding is unfortunately essential, be it manually or with a camera.
The image I got of this object last november would have been impossible without me compensating for errors in the guiding.
How did you stack the images?

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18 years 10 months ago #22781 by Keith g
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Thanks lads,

How did you stack the images?


Just a stack of the best 5 shots in photoshop
I'm still saving the pennies!!!
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18 years 10 months ago #22792 by 11" Astrophotograph
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Great image Keith! :D Great detail in the core and you can see the trapezium.Great going :)

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18 years 10 months ago #22844 by dmcdona
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Welcome to narrow-field imaging... :cry: It'll break your heart!

That's a lovely shot and way better than my first faltering attempts! Well done. One for the album - now, get a better one :wink:

Cheers

Dave McD

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