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M42  region in Ha light!, Roger Muro
M42  region in Ha light!
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M42 region in Ha light!

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M42  region in Ha light!, Roger Muro
M42  region in Ha light!
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M42 region in Ha light!

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I worked on this M42 shot for 4 nights, capturing just shy of 15hrs. The nebulosity and detail to the left of M42 is simply gorgeous and fairly bright. The gas and detail to the right is very faint! Incredibly the 6200MM manages not to saturate the core. In the stacked and stretched image the core is overblown but the FITS keeps the core and the trapezium is perfectly visible. In APP, with no stretch the core is completely defined. A masked stretch will allow both in the same image for a more dramatic look, here it is

Image is a combination of 30s, 1, 2, 3 and 5 minutes images for a total of 14.87 hrs with 6nm Ha with the FRA400-6200MM.

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M42  region in Ha light!, Roger Muro