donheff
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This is my latest: The Orion Nebula (M42) with The Running Man Nebula (M43) above it. Orion is often the first nebula people see in their telescopes because it is bright and easy to find. It is also their first introduction to why early astronomers described these mysterious objects as "faint fuzzies." That is how they appear to the eye even with a powerful telescope. You need multiple long exposures to gather enough light data to tease out the color and details.
This was processed in very capable open source SiRil software with final touches in Photoshop. I am currently giving PixInsight a trial run. It is a commercial app that all the big kids use. If I do significantly better after climbing PixInsight's steep learning curve I will be back with a revision.
The first version includes a fair amount of the diffuse nebula surrounding the core. The second is an attempt to use mathematical functions (more powerful in PixInsight) to blend two different versions together but drops some of the surrounding nebula.
This was processed in very capable open source SiRil software with final touches in Photoshop. I am currently giving PixInsight a trial run. It is a commercial app that all the big kids use. If I do significantly better after climbing PixInsight's steep learning curve I will be back with a revision.
The first version includes a fair amount of the diffuse nebula surrounding the core. The second is an attempt to use mathematical functions (more powerful in PixInsight) to blend two different versions together but drops some of the surrounding nebula.