Orion Nebula in feb

At the weekend I decided to have another go at processing some shots of the Orion Nebula that I took last February and was surprised at the detail picked up by my humble setup..



Meade 6 inch Reflector 762mm FL, F5, 2x APO Barlow, Canon 350D DSLR ISO 800

A stack of 2 x 15, 20 ,and 30 second exposures, ISO 800. Processing completed in Adobe Photoshop CS2

Hi Steve,

Great image did you try levels and curves in photoshop.

Have a look at this its how i learned how to do LRGB.
let me know how you get on.

www.waid-observatory.com/article-LRGB.html

Steve, for such little exposure time, that's a good image. The setup you have is actually quite interesting - most imagers are either in the wide-field or ultra magnification camp. You're kinda in between. I'd even ask you to take out the Barlow. Midi wide-field sounds cool!

Next winter, get a lot more exposures (even short ones are fine) and you'll surprise yourself at the improvement.

Cheers

Dave

A fab image steve! your living proof of what you can do with medium budget equipment! keep up the good work!

Thanks for the encouragement folks.... interesting article on LRGB Carl... ill give it a good read.

Dave, once Orion is back again, hopefully I'll get the chance to try a few proper experiments with and without the barlow

cheers!!!

Hi Steve,
A nice image there, seeing M42 in Mid June is so weird, its like listening to Christmas music in mid summer.