The Orion Nebula (M42 and M43) and the Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977)
I finally felt like I developed some of the skills I needed to try putting together this mosaic that I shot nearly 4 years ago. I had done the two areas separately, but I was having a lot of trouble getting levels of light even between them. The Orion Nebula (at the bottom) is significantly brighter than the Running Man Nebula (above it). There's also the subtlety of all the dust around this region, too. Balancing it all took several efforts, but overall this one came out OK.
3 panel mosaic shot from Death Valley on 2016-12-27; Celestron Edge HD 925 at f/2.3 with Hyperstar; Atik 314L+ color CCD camera; unguided; preprocessing in Nebulosity, compositing and processing in PixInsight, final touches in Photoshop.
The image spans 44' x 100'.
The Orion Nebula (M42 and M43) and the Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977)
I finally felt like I developed some of the skills I needed to try putting together this mosaic that I shot nearly 4 years ago. I had done the two areas separately, but I was having a lot of trouble getting levels of light even between them. The Orion Nebula (at the bottom) is significantly brighter than the Running Man Nebula (above it). There's also the subtlety of all the dust around this region, too. Balancing it all took several efforts, but overall this one came out OK.
3 panel mosaic shot from Death Valley on 2016-12-27; Celestron Edge HD 925 at f/2.3 with Hyperstar; Atik 314L+ color CCD camera; unguided; preprocessing in Nebulosity, compositing and processing in PixInsight, final touches in Photoshop.
The image spans 44' x 100'.