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Orion Nebula - Road Trip

Started by geomorph, 02/03/2005 10:25AM
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Tyler Allred
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Hi all. I'm in Oregon speaking at a conference on river restoration. I brought my imaging gear, just in case I found some dark skies. I did! grin I only had a couple of hours, and I decided to try M42 again. I went a little deeper (not much). Here is the result. Critiques are always welcome.

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Tyler,

A spectacular image of the Orion Nebula and surrounding region. The Running Man Nebula is also impressive.

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Looks like it was well worth lugging the gear. I don't know where to look: M42 or the Running Man. Great job handling the Trapezium, too.
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Wonderful couple of hours!
Great shot Tyler, thanks for sharing! wink
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Posted 02/04/2005 12:09AM #4
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Thanks for the comments guys! It was a great night.
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Hi all. Sorry about posting another version of this image, but I have been working on it for a while and wanted to get opinions. I combined the previous image with a set of 3, 5 second exposures to show the inner detail of the trapezium area, which was washed out in the first image. I also adjusted the colors to match images I have seen from more experienced imagers. What do you think?

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