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M78 - Relection Nebula in Orion
I am finally done my "winter project" of M78 in the constellation Orion. The winter weather in the Niagara Region doesn't bode to well for astrophotographers as the clear nights are slim to none. Last night, however, I was able to squeeze in another 1.5 hours of shooting on this beautiful subject. I am satisfied with my results, and look forward to moving on to my next project, The Orion Nebula:) Thanks for looking!
72 frames
4 and 4.5 minute exposures
5 hours 30 minutes total exposure
Stacked with darks
ES ED80 Triplet Apo
ASCG-5 GT
Orion Mini Guidescope
Meade DSI II
Canon 450d unmodded
Stacked in DSS
Processed in PS CS5
Albums: Nebulae
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
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Comment by Trevor Jones on January 15, 2013 at 1:16pm
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Thank you everyone! Trev - I did not frame it perfectly, but I tried to keep the object as close to the center of the frame as possible. It was quite small in my 80mm. The final image above was cropped to about 50% of the frame. There were about 4 nights in total I believe.. sorted into groups for each night (The tabs at the bottom of DSS) and combined into one monster of a .tif file with a decent SNR
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Comment by Trevor Woodrow on January 15, 2013 at 1:01pm
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Oh wait, sorry did not read the fine print....done over multiple nights? Well done. You were able to frame it perfectly or did you crop? I can never pull that off and usually need to crop. Any secrets to share?
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Comment by Steve Coates on January 15, 2013 at 12:18pm
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Nicely done Trev! The integration time you put into this greatly paid off.
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Well done T!
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Comment by Marc Basti on January 14, 2013 at 4:27pm
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Trevor, nice work pulling out that dusty stuff. Marc
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Comment by Greg Marshall on January 14, 2013 at 9:53am
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Very nice. I've been hoping to shoot M78 also, but have barely seen the sky since October.
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Comment by Mark Roberts on January 14, 2013 at 7:12am
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Great job Trevor! You will have to start giving seminars soon.
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