M42_Oct_13_2012_XRGBRoot5_mWaveletNR
M42 and M43 at center with the Running Man nebula in the bottom right. This is an average of 7 exposures of 500 sec each taken the night of Oct 13 2012, in the Los Gatos mountains (PAS dark site). Images acquired with Orion Starshoot Pro Color (v1) camera, on Pentax 105EDHF Petzval refractor, with Baader MPCC coma reducer, Schneider UVIR filter. Scope biggyback guided with a Vixen A80SS using a Meade DSI for guide camera run by PHD. Telescopes mounted on Orion Atlas EQ/G mount. The initial images were cleaned of hot pixels and USB dropouts then converted to RGB color using personal software. These 7 images were then stacked in personal software using Median, then compressed with the Log(ArcSinh) and combined with 5thRoot functions. Final image processing was completed in Adobe CS5.
M42_Oct_13_2012_XRGBRoot5_mWaveletNR
M42 and M43 at center with the Running Man nebula in the bottom right. This is an average of 7 exposures of 500 sec each taken the night of Oct 13 2012, in the Los Gatos mountains (PAS dark site). Images acquired with Orion Starshoot Pro Color (v1) camera, on Pentax 105EDHF Petzval refractor, with Baader MPCC coma reducer, Schneider UVIR filter. Scope biggyback guided with a Vixen A80SS using a Meade DSI for guide camera run by PHD. Telescopes mounted on Orion Atlas EQ/G mount. The initial images were cleaned of hot pixels and USB dropouts then converted to RGB color using personal software. These 7 images were then stacked in personal software using Median, then compressed with the Log(ArcSinh) and combined with 5thRoot functions. Final image processing was completed in Adobe CS5.