Re: [APML] new M-42

[Joe Mize <jmize@globe-net.net>]

Tony, all I said was "Oh my G..".

Absolutely stunning!  My only complaint is the image didn't cover the
entire Orion Nebula.

I love the near side floaters, really gives a depth perspective.

The yellow is reminds me of the old Ektar-1000 yellows.

When can we expect a complete Orion Nebula, or should I order now?  joe
:)

Tony Hallas wrote:

> Hi Folks,      I have a new M-42 posted that I took with the 14.5"
> Cassegrain and hypered RG200. I noticed that I need to add half an
> hour of hypering to get the same "fix" that I get in the heat of the
> summer... so my winter hyper time is 1.5 hours instead of one hour due
> no doubt to the garage being an ice box compared to the summertime.
> This M-42 is a stack of four negatives ranging in time from 10 seconds
> to 30 minutes. The pronounced yellow color around the Trapezium is
> that way on the film (it looks blue on the film)... also this image
> called for significant decision making to decide just how to scale the
> densities and make it look "natural." As Roland pointed out, the
> density ranges here are like 1 to 1000 and yet, the image has to have
> everything showing and evenly illuminated.     The colors are
> basically the way they showed up on the film... in the five minute
> exposure I don't think there was very much reciprocity failure so I
> felt that I could trust those colors.The complexity of this nebula is
> mind boggling.     It can be viewed
> at: http://www.astrophoto.com/M42CU.htm     Any comments are
> welcome...     Have a good one,         Tony

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