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The Orion Nebula (M42) and the Running Man (Sh2-279), Michael Jaramillo
The Orion Nebula (M42) and the Running Man (Sh2-279)
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The Orion Nebula (M42) and the Running Man (Sh2-279)

The Orion Nebula (M42) and the Running Man (Sh2-279), Michael Jaramillo
The Orion Nebula (M42) and the Running Man (Sh2-279)
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The Orion Nebula (M42) and the Running Man (Sh2-279)

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Five years ago, I took my first image of a deep sky object, the Orion Nebula, with a cellphone and an 8" XT8 dob. It wasn't much, just Trapezium and a little smudge of illuminated dust. I was absolutely thrilled, but wanted to some day get way better images.

This is the first opportunity I've had since I got my first real imaging setup to return to where it all began for me. I don't think 21 minutes is not enough time, but I actually took this during finals week haha, I needed a break from studying. I plan on returning to Orion to get more data after I finish my exams.

Stacked in DSS: Light Frames (Entropy Weighted Average), Darks (Median Kappa-Sigma Clipping), Bias (Median Kappa-Sigma Clipping)

Processing steps in PixInsight: Dynamic Background Extraction (Subtraction) -> Masked Stretch -> Dynamic PSF -> Star Mask -> Deconvolution -> Background Neutralization -> Range Selection -> HDR Multiscale Transform -> Histrogram Transform -> Curves Transform -> Range Selection -> ACDNR

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The Orion Nebula (M42) and the Running Man (Sh2-279), Michael Jaramillo