M42 in all its glory, this is a composite of two images one for the main part of the nebula and one for the core detail. Pretty pleased with this as it was captured in not the best conditions there was some high cloud when capturing the RGB.
I did capture some data with the luminance filter but never used it as it did not add anything I ended up using the Ha as the luminance layer.
Captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain
www.pixelskiesastro.comHa 62 x 600s
Red 56 x 180s
Green 41 x 180s
Blue 50 x 180s
17 hours 41 mins.
Core detail
Red 85 x 30s
Green 216 x 30s
Blue 231 x 30s
4 Hours 26 mins.
22 Hours 7 mins in total.
Equipment used:
Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F5.3
Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -20C
Image Scale: 2.08
Guiding: OAG
Filters: Astronomik Ha, Red, Green, Blue
Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount
Image Acquisition: Voyager
Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly
Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight
Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC
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