Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  IC 430  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  NGC 1999  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star 49Ori  ·  The star Saiph (κOri)  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  The star υOri
The other side of M42, 1074j
The other side of M42
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The other side of M42

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Typically, a image with this field of view with M42 includes the Flame and Horsehead nebulae. Instead, I went from M42 to the south as this is also a very interesting region. This is quite a challenge due to the HDR of the image so I had to take two sets of images with one set being just 15 second subs for M42 while the rest of the field used 90s subs. Even with only 15s subs, the center of M42 is somewhat blown out. L 20x90s, RGB 20x90s each, Ha, 10x400s.

Version B returns the blue colors around M42 and the Running Man which were muted by the HII blend.

Version C has a bit less blue as I went too far with version B. A bit more noise reduction too.

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  • The other side of M42, 1074j
    Original
  • The other side of M42, 1074j
    B
  • Final
    The other side of M42, 1074j
    C

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The other side of M42, 1074j