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Yet another M42 image, Todd Stephens
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Yet another M42 image

Revision title: Yet another version of Yet another M42 image

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Yet another M42 image, Todd Stephens
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Yet another M42 image

Revision title: Yet another version of Yet another M42 image

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Description

M42 shot from my backyard. 350 60-second subs and 120 10-second subs for the core. Processed in APP and combined/blended in GIMP.

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B

Description: Updated version... didn't like the cyan cast.

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C

Description: Adjusted the color one more time.

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D

Title: Yet another version of Yet another M42 image

Description: How does one measure one's progress in astrophotography? Processing old data certainly is a good indicator. Looking back at "version C" of this image kind of makes me want to gag, but at the time I was pretty happy with it. Going into the processing, I had a vision in mind of the image I wanted to make, prior to even stacking them. Forcing the data into what I think I wanted just resulted in a clown-colored, over-stretched and over-saturated rendition of this beautiful nebula.

All the discussion about how difficult PixInsight is to learn (it's not) convinced me that I could produce an image almost as good in my software workflow of APP + GIMP (I can't). I'll probably look back at this newer revision in a couple of years, fully processed in PixInsight, and have a similar reaction. But at the moment, I am happy with it.

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Yet another M42 image, Todd Stephens