M 42 Orion Nebula and M 43 processed with APP

For less than an hours worth of data that looks pretty good! Nice Job!

Posted by: Michael Evan

For less than an hours worth of data that looks pretty good! Nice Job!

Thanks, can’t wait to grab more time and putt out more detail!!

Posted by: thompeters

 

 

53 min. composed of 116 - 30 sec. subs with a ZWO ASI1600MC (Single Shot Color Camera), SW Esprit 100ED APO

March 3, 2018 from West Michigan, USA

 

Really pleased with processing flexibility and control that APP give me!! The Highlight control helped keep the Core of the Nebula under control without harming the detail in the outer dimmer areas of the nebula!!

Integration was done on the Image quality also.

Beautiful M42 Thom @thompeters

Applying the ST(retch) slider in combination with the HL slider actually enables you to do protect the highlights and still keeping the fainter signals visible as well. The HL slider can also be used gently to reduce star size ;-).

Were you able to add more data to this ?

Kind regards,

Mabula

Yes I was able to get more data. This is 234 30sec subs, now adding the Running Man Nebula. 

I did 2 separate integrations of each nights data, then did an integration of the two stacks. Worked beautifully. 

It’s getting a bit late in the season to get any more data. But hopefully this fall I’ll Add more to bring out the additional details of the dust and gas surrounding these beautiful Nebula!!

Thom 

Newest update 440 x 30 sec. (13, 200 sec - 3.7hrs) with ZWO ASI1600MC, and SW 100ED Pro APO

SOOOOOOOO MUCH MORE detail has been brought out!!!

Posted by: thompeters

 

Newest update 440 x 30 sec. (13, 200 sec - 3.7hrs) with ZWO ASI1600MC, and SW 100ED Pro APO

 

SOOOOOOOO MUCH MORE detail has been brought out!!!

Awesome result Thom @thompeters,

Great to see the expanded Field Of View here 😉

Did you apply APP's star color calibration here?

Mabula

Thanks for the compliment Mabula!!  And Yes I did apply star color calibration to this image. I had to go back and look at the file name I created a .tif with and it indeed has -csc- in the file name. I did crop and apply a few adjustments to the stretch before converting it to a .tif. 

Is there something you're seeing that leads you to think it wasn't?? Or would the additional stretch have changed the colors enough I should have run it again??

Thom

Really nice image and great seeing the progression of detail when more data is added.

Posted by: thompeters

Thanks for the compliment Mabula!!  And Yes I did apply star color calibration to this image. I had to go back and look at the file name I created a .tif with and it indeed has -csc- in the file name. I did crop and apply a few adjustments to the stretch before converting it to a .tif. 

Is there something you're seeing that leads you to think it wasn't?? Or would the additional stretch have changed the colors enough I should have run it again??

 

Thom

😉 no I wasn't thinking it wasn't applied, just by looking at the initial posted image, the last one is more blue when compared to the first.

Think it looks great ! the outer layers are showing more and there is lots of color from blue to red in the Orion Nebula. The core looks great as well!

Mabula

LOL well yes if that is the one you are talking about it's was not adjusted for the star colors!!