M42 Orion Nebula

[Bill Richards]

Date: 5-Feb-2021
Telescope: SkyWatcher Esprit 100
Mount CEM 40
Imaging camera: ASI2600MC-Pro
Guide camera: ASI290MM-mini
Imaging software: NINA and PHD2
Post-processing software: PixInsight (usign HDR composition)
80 x 15 sec + 60 x 30 sec + 40 * 120 sec + 20 * 240 sec Lights
20 Darks
32 Flats
32 Dark Flats

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Another lovely image Bill. Enjoying your deep space images. Pretty impressive work.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Agree with Jameel, great image.

 

[JimFox]

Orion never gets old! This one is very good Bill. I need to do Orion again with more subs. I am liking how you keep your stars under control too.

 

[AlanLichty]

Stunning result. How many frames are in the final stack you use for the image and how long does it take to process this?

 

[JimFox]

Congrats on the Featured Astro Photo Bill!

@Bill Richards

 

[Graeme F]

It's a wonderful picture

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Excellent image, Bill and congratulations on the Featured Astro Post.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Bill,

Great job on this area of the sky - not to be repetitive but envious of that large sensor you are using M42 looks great and I personally like the way you have not fiddled too much trying to tame the extensive dynamic range of this target. The Running Man came out exquisitely too in this one!

ML

 

[Yervant]

Very nice Bill.

 

[Bill Richards]

Stunning result. How many frames are in the final stack you use for the image and how long does it take to process this?

Sorry for the long delay in responding (didn't enable the "watch" feature). The info is included in the original post: 80 x 15 sec + 60 x 30 sec + 40 * 120 sec + 20 * 240 sec Lights, all integrated into an HDR composite. It took about a week to get it right.