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I'm almost scared to publish this with Sara's fantastic image just a few threads down but here goes. This is what can be done with quite modest equipment. Taken with a Canon 550D & Sigma 150-600mm lens on a Skywatcher NEQ3-2 mount. I'm still very much on the learning curve with this kit so I think I can improve on this. My partner combined the subs in PixInsight (I'm getting it very shortly and then begins another learning curve....) using its HDR function to merge a combination of 9 sec & 25 sec exposures. It was supposed to be 10 sec but my intervalometer can't count on 'short' exposures. All part of learning Processing done in PaintShop Pro x6. This is only just coming nicely into view from my patio as the house blocks half the sky so I hope to get another go at it soon. When I do I want to add a third set of subs as long as I can push the mount to, to try to bring out some more faint detail, and the dark frames I forgot to take.
From right to left - NGC1981 (open star cluster), NGC1977 (Running Man Nebula), M43 (emission nebula), M42 (Orion Nebula, though this name usually covers M43 as well), NGC1980 (open star cluster)
Orion Nebula by Jannyfox, on Flickr
From right to left - NGC1981 (open star cluster), NGC1977 (Running Man Nebula), M43 (emission nebula), M42 (Orion Nebula, though this name usually covers M43 as well), NGC1980 (open star cluster)
Orion Nebula by Jannyfox, on Flickr
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