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M41, M42, NGC1977 - Great Orion Nebula and the Running Man Nebula
Wow! This is only 35 minutes and ohhh my.... I've shot this several times, but only from my house where it goes right through the Portland light bubble. From a dark sky this thing is amazing. It was very low and rising slooooowly so I didn't really have time to do the whole HDR thing with the core and all, but jinkies la winkies there was a lot of data accumulated quickly on this target. If I got back out in October, I'll be sure to spend more time on it.
Scope: William Optics ZenithStar 66 with WO Flat 2 0.8x FR/FF
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G with GoTo
Guiding: Meade DSI Pro and PHD Guiding
Guide Scope: ATM 50mm f/4 Finder
Camera: Canon EOS 1000D (Stock)
Special Settings: None
ISO: 800
Exposure: 35 minutes (7 x 300s)
Processing Software: Acquired in Nebulosity with Medium Dither, Calibration and Stacking in Deep Sky Stacker, Levels/Curves/Enhancements in Photoshop
Support Files: 40 flats, 40 bias, 10 darks
Albums: Oregon Star Party 2011
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Comment by M.C. on September 24, 2011 at 11:14pm
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I've followed your work for many years, and your shots are exponentially better every year. Nicely done!
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Comment by Trevor Woodrow on September 24, 2011 at 1:41am
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35 minutes?!? Where is your dark site, on the moon? Sorry I missed your presentation.
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Comment by Philip's Astro Art on September 11, 2011 at 12:01pm
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WOW, really nice Neil......one of my favorite targets to view. Very cool!
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Comment by Conor on September 10, 2011 at 6:15am
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That's a beauty of a shot. Fantastic dark nebula details further out from the nebulae. So far as the HDR bit is concerned, you could run a software HDR process over this which is actually quite effective for resolving data like this. If you want to send me the raw, I could demonstrate it. But take a look at my M42 shot - ok, it's nothing special, but my core was completely washed out like this too and a software HDR transform resolved it right to the core. Anyway, outstanding shot.
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