M42, M43 and the Running Man (NGC 1977)

M42 in all its glory, this is a composite of two images one for the main part of the nebula and one for the core detail. Pretty pleased with this as it was captured in not the best conditions there was some high cloud when capturing the RGB.

 

I did capture some data with the luminance filter but never used it as it did not add anything I ended up using the Ha as the luminance layer.

 

Captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

 

Ha 62 x 600s

Red 56 x 180s

Green 41 x 180s

Blue 50 x 180s

 

17 hours 41 mins.

 

Core detail

 

Red 85 x 30s

Green 216 x 30s

Blue 231 x 30s

 

4 Hours 26 mins.

 

22 Hours 7 mins in total.

 

Equipment used:

 

Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F5.3

 

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C

 

Image Scale: 2.08

 

Guiding: OAG

 

Filters: Astronomik Ha,Red,Green,Blue

 

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

 

Image Acquisition: Voyager

 

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

 

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

 

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC

Done