Perkil8r Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) Now known as Orion's Pork Sword thanks to Wayne...... Whilst most turned in early at EMS1 on the sat night, I stayed up and had a go with the ST80 since the EQ5 wasn't playing the game this weekend. I wanted to try and do a semi wide field of Orion's Sword. Equipment: Scope St80, Mount a dodgey almost in the lake on Fri night eq5 unguided, Camera Canon 350d modded with cls clip filter. Exposures: 112 x 60 sec subs @ iso800, darks and flats. Processing: Stacked in DSS, playing with in PS5 I am very pleased with this, although I am sure with a bit of sleep and a lot more time and effort with the processing I can do better. That said, for the equipment I think this is a pretty good attempt. Certainly makes staying up till 4am @ 1 degree C worthwhile IMO. Loadsof shooting stars, a green fire ball and a couple of satelites through there too. Anyway, here it is...... Edited October 14, 2012 by Perkil8r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 That awesome mike clearly got the running man in there as well. Great effort. Loads of detail. I love M42. First Messier object I ever saw, for obvious reasons. But still a sentimental one for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Thats a beauty Mike, well worth the effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Another great image from EMS1. I was starting to think I was the only one still up when I wandered down to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teslar Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 So that was the undisclosed target great shot Mike. Well worth the effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Nice one Mike, and you did it without waking me up!! Well done mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 nice one mike sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Smashing shot Mike , the running man and horsies head in one shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 The great images from EMS1 keep on coming. Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Great effort Mike. Thanks for sharing. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 That is lovely Mike. The way you've framed several objects including nebulae and clusters makes it really interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 Had another go at this one now I've had a bit of sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Certainly more detail in the core there mike. Nice work. However I think I prefer the 1st picture as it has a very nice purple hue to it which I, personally quite like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teslar Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Nice work there Mike. I hope you get your mount sorted but judging by those results your done well taming the gremlins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnC Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 My favorite object M42. Great shot, never tire of seeing images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter shah Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Very nice shot, pretty deep too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Love the second effort, sooo much better / sharper than the first, nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest telesto Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Very nice image, my favourite object too Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 Just a minor tweek in colour match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 That's it mike! Perfect compromise. I think in this one a perfect compromise between first two images. In this one there is more contract with the gas areas around the entire nebula. Running man looks great! Good work. Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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