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Hitting The Classics - M42, raadoo
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Hitting The Classics - M42

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Hitting The Classics - M42

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Just 4.5h gathered across 5 nights on account of very poor sight of the south sky. But I really wanted to improve on my last year's M42 - which isn't very difficult considering it was untracked back then.
Only 30m of the 4.5h integration was on the core, but it was enough to salvage enough information to almost make out the trapezium, even if just. I could have gone full tilt on the HDR but decided it was better to keep it natural and rather try and focus on pulling out as much detail on the surrounding nebulosity as possible.
As March rolled in, Orion is now much to low in the sky to add anything to it. Until next year, dear Orion. Until next year.

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Hitting The Classics - M42, raadoo

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