M42 and IC 434 Samyang 135mm f/2.8 (Elmiko)

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M42 and IC 434 Samyang 135mm f/2.8

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M42 and IC 434 Samyang 135mm f/2.8

I wanted to re-image this region again using the L-extreme filter. I think this framing is better than my previous attempt. I also wanted to make it a bit soft, or "dreamy looking". Partly because of the amount of the rotation and crop. The beautiful thing about imaging with a fairly wide field lens like the Samyang 135mm, is you have a lot of wiggle room to create the composition that you like.

I also used HDR Composition in Pixinsight to combine my Uv-Ir data for the stars, and Trapezium.

All in all it was a fun image to process.

Clear skies, Mike

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Description: This is 4 more hours of L-Extreme data that I captured at the Bortle 4 site. I think it enhanced the background nebulosity quite well. I also tried to make the Belt Stars a bit less predominant.
Mike

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RA (center)	05h38m22s.49
RA (top/left)	05h43m58s.93
RA (top/right)	05h24m04s.00
RA (bottom/right)	05h32m43s.23
RA (bottom/left)	05h52m43s.12

Dec (center)	-03°36′53″.8
Dec (top/left)	-00°08′40″.1
Dec (top/right)	-02°30′01″.7
Dec (bottom/right)	-07°04′59″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	-04°42′57″.2

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