Hi all,
Hope you are all well.
As promised in a previous message, here are the results of my recent capture of Orion's nebula. Amazing beauty in the sky!
Although I have not yet received the reducer/flattener of Lunt130MT, which would give a wider frame and better stars in the corners, I could not loose the 'winter opportunity' and miss Orion for one more year...
2023-3-14, M42 Orion & NGC 1977 Running Man Nebulas, 62x10 & 58x60 sec, Lunt130MT, ASI2600 framed by H- Alpha, on Flickr
Hope you like it.
Best wishes,
Alexandros
Orion Nebula
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Orion Nebula
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Re: Orion Nebula
So the Lunt really can work at night! I don't actually see many night-time images with Lunt's even though the new ones can. Was this done with a OSC camera or monochrome with filters?
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Re: Orion Nebula
Thanks. This was with an OSC and no filters. I used the ASI2600 that I bought recently and like a lot. :-)
I enjoy using the Lunt130Mt at night, although when I use it this way, I rarely change it for solar the very next day, or the opposite. Especially when I have not finished the process, because I may need to make more night captures without moving the camera. However, if someone wish to do so, it is not really difficult.
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Re: Orion Nebula
Thanks a lot Kevin and Alexandra! :-)
I am very happy as you and your wife I suppose that I start to feel comfortable with this difficult software. :-)
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Alexandros
Yes! Only PixInsight. I now have my workflow for OSC and another for HaOO.
I am very happy as you and your wife I suppose that I start to feel comfortable with this difficult software. :-)
All the best,
Alexandros
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Re: Orion Nebula
A superb capture and processed image Alexandros and just proves that the Lunt large scopes are excellent along with that camera.
Seeing those exposure-times are a useful guide for this bright-nebula, so thanks for sharing your work.
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Seeing those exposure-times are a useful guide for this bright-nebula, so thanks for sharing your work.
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Beautiful, just beautiful, the quintessence of beauty, harmony and chaos of our world.
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Thanks a lot Ivan,
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Best wishes,
Alexandros
Your words are so nicely describing the variety and contrast that human eyes (through sensors) can perceive and the feelings created by looking at this fantastic nebula!
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Best wishes,
Alexandros
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