TerryMcK Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I haven't been able to shoot M42 from home before due to a street light and a neighbours house being in that direction. There was also a sycamore tree that blocked most of the view. However that tree died and we had it removed earlier in 2020 and that created an opening. I had to reposition the scope to a different area of the garden and after 3 months of cloud was able to shoot the image Dec 20th 2020. I know it is an easy object but not when there are obstructions in the way!Camera: 30 x 60 seconds subs with ZWO ASI183MC OSC, Gain 111, Offset 8 Filter: IDAS D2Scope: William Optics ZS103 with X0.8 field flattener/reducerMount: HEQ5 Pro RowanGuider: William Optics 50mmx200mm (this I later found was rattling about in the scope rings but didn't affect the guiding - I was also shooting a fainter object with much longer exposures and it didn't affect that either ).Capture Hardware/Software: Raspberry PI4 running Astroberry/KStars/Ekos/ASTAPI need to get some more short 20/30 second or reduced gain subs to blend in the blown out area around the trapezium. I might even get some OIII and Ha with the mono camera to play around a bit more.I noticed that the running man is just in frame towards top left too.Processed in APP, Photoshop and finished off with PixInsight. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBolt Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Looks great?I am hoping this will be my next target! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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