Enjoy the opening salvo in what will be a stream of many more images to come, and let us know if you have favorite deep-sky objects you would like the editors to image and share with you in the future.
Excellent! Looking forward to more. Just a question though. What processing caused the light area the drifts across the pic? Even looks as though there was a shadowing effect spoking off to the left.
OK! I'm an amateur at this - but I think that part of the lighting is due to the filters used during the imaging and exposure time along with specific emission gases. I may be way off.
Hi, Gaviin.
The imager didn't use any post-processing. All he did was combine five short exposures. The light and shadowing effects you mention are all part of the wonderful composition of the Orion Nebula itself. I've spent many hours observing M42 through all types of telescopes and at all magnifications. It's so bright that details like the ones you mention are easy to see, and they show up even better on photographs.