A Quick Spin By The Great Orion Nebula (M42/M43/Sh2-279) (estabrook)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 41 Ori A) · 41 Ori C · 41 Ori D · 41 the01 Ori · 42 Ori) · 42 c Ori · 43 Ori) · 43 the02 Ori · 44 Ori) · 44 iot Ori · 45 Ori · Great Orion Nebula · HD294259 · HD294261 · HD294262 · HD294263 · HD294328 · HD36235 · HD36271 · HD36412 · HD36593 · HD36606 · HD36655 · HD36712 · HD36713 · HD36742 · HD36743 · HD36782 · HD36783 · HD36842 · And 89 more.

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A Quick Spin By The Great Orion Nebula (M42/M43/Sh2-279)

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A Quick Spin By The Great Orion Nebula (M42/M43/Sh2-279)

The Great Orion Nebula (M42). I grew impatient while imaging a dim planetary nebula, so I took a spin by the Orion Nebula to get a quick win. It's such a bright and beautiful target, I knew I could capture enough data for a nice image in a matter of minutes rather than a matter of hours--a luxury in this hobby. This image reflects about 55 minutes of dual-narrowband data under Bortle 8 skies. It would surely benefit from more integration, but I like it as it is. It's surely strides ahead of my first M42 (my first DSO image), even though that image managed to preserve the Trapezium stars that are lost in the core's glow here!

(Captured: C6, AM5, Hyperstar, ASI183MC Pro, IDAS NBX UHS filter. Processed: AstroPixelProcessor, PixInsight, StarXterminator, NoiseXterminator)

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Description: I tried to improve the processing by emulating some of DSO Imager's masking techniques. I think I did a good job of toning down the core and heightening the detail throughout the nebula, but I was unable to reveal the stars in the Trapezium. When I looked at the underlying data, I realized that even my 10-second exposures blew out the core enough to obscure them! The perils of imaging at f/2!

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IDAS NBZ Dual Band Nebula Boost Filter
The OSC Club (One Shot Camera)
ZWO ASI183/QHY183
Light Polluted skies
Virginia Astronomers and Astrophotographers
HyperStar Lens Astrophotography
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Astrometry.net job	7210285
PixInsight job	Z53ZWNVJ6QP9MD1XCGVDGW6M4VBSYMQM
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	05h35m16s.23
RA (top/left)	05h29m50s.76
RA (top/right)	05h35m10s.38
RA (bottom/right)	05h40m40s.67
RA (bottom/left)	05h35m22s.60

Dec (center)	-05°24′07″.6
Dec (top/left)	-05°59′09″.9
Dec (top/right)	-03°56′01″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	-04°49′03″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	-06°52′20″.1

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