Orion and Running Man Nebulae (M42 and NGC 1977 / Sh2-279) (Peter Hergesheimer)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 41 Ori A) · 41 Ori C · 41 Ori D · 41 the01 Ori · 42 Ori) · 42 c Ori · 43 Ori) · 43 the02 Ori · 44 Ori) · 44 iot Ori · 45 Ori · De Mairan's nebula · Great Orion Nebula · Hatysa · LBN 974 · Lower Sword · M 42 · M 43 · Mairan's Nebula · NGC 1973 · NGC 1975 · NGC 1976 · NGC 1977 · NGC 1980 · NGC 1981 · NGC 1982 · Orion Nebula · Sh2-279 · Sh2-281 · The star 45 Ori · And 8 more.

Orion and Running Man Nebulae (M42 and NGC 1977 / Sh2-279)

This is my redo of a target that I shot in 2013 with a modified DSLR on an 80mm refractor and processed using Deep Sky Stacker and Photoshop. The tech has sure come a long way since then.

This image was processed in Pixinsight using the HDRComposition and HDRMultiscaleTransform tools. I started data collection with the 30 and 120 sec RGB data plus 60-sec Lum data. I ended up dropping the Lum data and adding 300 sec RGB data to fill out the darker areas. The resulting small HDRComposition masks indicate I could have probably dropped the 120-sec RGB data or at least stopped at 16 or 20 subs since the used 120-sec region is so bright. HDRMultiscaleTransform was used with the new, much appreciated, 'To intensity' option checked to help lift the colors. Once color calibration was done, the stars were removed using StarXT before stretching and deconvolution. Stars from the 30-sec data set were recombined in the final image.

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RA (center)	05h35m13s.677
RA (top/left)	05h34m43s.571
RA (top/right)	05h32m16s.968
RA (bottom/right)	05h35m43s.867
RA (bottom/left)	05h38m10s.126

Dec (center)	-05°12′41″.96
Dec (top/left)	-04°21′56″.62
Dec (top/right)	-05°39′08″.40
Dec (bottom/right)	-06°03′26″.68
Dec (bottom/left)	-04°46′12″.68

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