Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 the01 Ori  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  De Mairan's nebula  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  LBN 974  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori
Progress learning to not blow out M42 core, Mike Bleiweiss
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Progress learning to not blow out M42 core

Progress learning to not blow out M42 core, Mike Bleiweiss
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Progress learning to not blow out M42 core

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My earlier attempts at M42 have blown out cores and really compressed data. This is another attempt at M42 again using much less gain - now at unity gain instead of 300-400 and took much more subs than I did previously to make sure I get some detail in there. This image is not completely where I want to be, but I feel like it is progress. I've learned that M42 while a commonly imaged target is deceptively tricky at getting right due to the brightness of the core.

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Progress learning to not blow out M42 core, Mike Bleiweiss