#M 42 Great Orion Nebula Epsilon

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inland cove
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This is nice

elder dirge
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signal is really nice

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some pretty obvious gradients though, esp. around the nebula

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also i would personally saturate the core of m42 a bit more

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in the HDR

untold fractal
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It would have only taken you half an hour for the image but colimation is really hard

violet iris
untold fractal
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And it takes a long time

violet iris
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OH! yeah if you do it the way they want you to yes

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you gotta use hair

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long hair strands

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not fishing line

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to be spot on

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but still takes a while. Patience.

untold fractal
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Yea it's like f2.8 righ

violet iris
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Actually I collimated it at home and drove it 550 miles to the desert and it was fine

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F3.3

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and 7 months later still holding

untold fractal
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Nice you can I get lot of data

violet iris
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yeah fully automated.

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running right now

untold fractal
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Imagine creating a f1 200mm telescope that doesn't need collection

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With a flat field

violet iris
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F1 would be a nightmare

untold fractal
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Takahashi is the goat

violet iris
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theyre pretty nice for sure. I am very happy with mine. Actually I have a E160 + SCT 9.25 going out there dual soon

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on a Trident mount

untold fractal
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Oh nice

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I am looking out for a cheap rig I am thinking of 130pds and eq5

violet iris
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EQ5 is tried and true

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I like the ZWO mounts though