M42 ORION NEBULA - January 2021

This was just a quick 2 hours of data that I grabbed on a whim, as my actual target was too close to the moon to gather any useful data.

Quite happy with this process, even though, again, this was just a quick effort I smashed together at 1 AM when frankly I really should have been in bed ready for work at 7 AM.

This is my first attempt at an HDR image, so be kind.

10-sec subs for the core and 180-sec for the DSO.

 

All comments welcome.

Thanks

 

Acquisition Equipment

 

Camera - CANON EOS 60D (Mod)

Filter - Astronomik CLS-CCD EOS Clip

Telescope - SkyWatcher 80ED

Reducer/Flattener - 0.85x

Focal Length - 510mm

F Ratio - F6.3

Mount - Celestron CG-5 Adv GT GEM

Guide Scope - Celestron 9x50

Guide Camera - QHY 5 Mono

 

Image Capture

 

L 10 sec x 90 = 15min

D 50

F 30

FD 30

B 50

 

180 sec x 41 = 123mins

D 40

F 30

FD 30

B 50

 

Total = 138mins

 

Acquisition Software

 

Capture/Sequence - N.I.N.A.

Plate Solving - ASTAP

Guiding - PHD2

Planetarium - Stellarium

 

Processing Software

 

Stacking - DeepSkyStacker

Post - Adobe Photoshop / Bridge / Camera Raw

 

Links

www.flickr.com/photos/edholtastro/

www.astrobin.com/users/EdHoltAstro/

Done