An M42 lab experiment! (Ben)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 41 Ori A) · 41 Ori C · 41 Ori D · 41 the01 Ori · 43 Ori) · 43 the02 Ori · Great Orion Nebula · HD36655 · HD36742 · HD36782 · HD36866 · HD36884 · HD36917 · HD36939 · HD36981 · HD36982 · HD36999 · HD37042 · HD37061 · HD37062 · HD37114 · HD37115 · HD37150 · HD37174 · HD37188 · HD37208 · LBN 974 · LDN 1640 · M 42 · M 43 · And 9 more.

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An M42 lab experiment!

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An M42 lab experiment!

I have some old 2008 Astronomik 6nm SHO filters that are vulnerable to some rather odd halos around bright stars. Rather than lose these halos they turn up here like odd baubles , framing M42. It's a SHO colour palette with a few twists and all rather creative, although it isn't wildly manipulative either. It was taken in near full moon conditions (Bortle 7) with the ASI1600MM-Pro (not known for its AR coatings!) so was a real test for reflections both off filter and sensor surfaces and within the 8" f4 Newt. In the end I'm pretty happy with it given the three hours of data, although Santa is bringing me a new set of Astronomiks and an ASI2600MM-Pro so this is a bit of a last hurrah for this setup.

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Description: Sharpened up a tad for the close up, and now some of the halos have been 'removed' (ha!)

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Description: Redeemed the core a little (a little went missing previously)

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RA (center)	05h34m50s.741
RA (top/left)	05h36m39s.600
RA (top/right)	05h36m39s.251
RA (bottom/right)	05h33m02s.415
RA (bottom/left)	05h33m02s.630

Dec (center)	-05°28′51″.53
Dec (top/left)	-05°50′01″.10
Dec (top/right)	-05°07′39″.73
Dec (bottom/right)	-05°07′36″.15
Dec (bottom/left)	-05°49′55″.46

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