M42 - Orion Nebula (Andres Salaverria)

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 · HD294179 · HD294180 · HD294259 · HD294262 · HD294263 · HD294293 · HD36412 · HD36445 · HD36560 · HD36593 · HD36606 · HD36655 · HD36712 · HD36742 · HD36782 · HD36843 · HD36866 · HD36884 · And 67 more.

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M42 - Orion Nebula

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M42 - Orion Nebula

This was taken January 5 2023. One night before full moon. I used the newly acquired Optolong L-Ultimate filter. I could see that the halos around the bright stars was a little less than a previous take of the M42 (different scope, though) with the L-Extreme. But I was expecting more of a difference based on the reviews. I am showing two versions of the stacked image. I stacked, removed light pollution and color-calibrated in AstroPixel Processor. For the second image I used BlurXterminator and NoiseXterminator In that order in PixInsight. I liked what BlurXterminator did to the image. The stars were slightly reduced including the halos. I am on the fence if the NoiseXterminator might have made the background less smooth. Before uploading them here, I use Adobe Photoshop to generate smaller JPEG. As I was doing this, I adjusted the level of the image, just for fun. This pushed the contrast of both. I am amazed as to how much more detail I could get. I am sure I can achieve similar and possibly better results with PixInsight, but I don't have much patience. And yes, it is a short integration. Still, M42 never disappoints me. Please enjoy and critique.

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Askar Telescopes
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Astrometry.net job	6893869
PixInsight job	Z0EVFGOXBT7PZXT9KWS1CUBMC5YWHPQX
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	05h35m16s.20
RA (top/left)	05h38m09s.90
RA (top/right)	05h30m00s.51
RA (bottom/right)	05h32m22s.70
RA (bottom/left)	05h40m31s.69

Dec (center)	-05°19′10″.1
Dec (top/left)	-04°11′36″.7
Dec (top/right)	-05°03′36″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	-06°26′38″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	-05°34′28″.4

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