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Messier 42 in Hydrogen-alpha, CG Anderson
Messier 42 in Hydrogen-alpha
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Messier 42 in Hydrogen-alpha

Messier 42 in Hydrogen-alpha, CG Anderson
Messier 42 in Hydrogen-alpha
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Messier 42 in Hydrogen-alpha

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Had my chance. Muffed it! First attempt at M42 in H-a light. My exposures were way too long. Subs at 300 seconds. Need to go back and shoot shorter images as sky time allows. Tried to extract as much detail as I could from this set in PixInsight, but my lack of knowledge lead me back to Photoshop. Nothing to write home about, but a start....

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    Messier 42 in Hydrogen-alpha, CG Anderson
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Description: After I thought I had seriously overexposed the original version of this, a good friend reworked it. He showed me many imaging tips and tricks to bring out subtle detail and subdue overexposed portions of the nebula. It is dawning on me, there is nearly no end to what you can do with the original digital data. And it all seems to be in the eye of the beholder...

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Messier 42 in Hydrogen-alpha, CG Anderson