Orion Nebula from Chennai

siva · January 23, 2021, 8:04am

Last week, I tested my auto-guiding setup and took a photograph of the Orion Nebula in the process.

20 x 150s light frames(anything above 150s leads to a washed out sky in my place)
5 x 150s dark frames
3 flats
ISO100

Here’s the stacked and somewhat processed file(open in Photoshop). If anyone is interested, please feel free to process it and share your results. Would love to know what processing techniques you use. Personally, I might give another shot at processing this to boost the Running Man Nebula and reduce the size of stars.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SsnJWaSZrA04nkXX8c_VuO-OV_oNlkDz/view?usp=sharing

steinmani · January 23, 2021, 3:36pm

siva · January 23, 2021, 3:59pm

Love the red and green in the core!

Nanikutty · February 24, 2021, 4:21pm

Wow that was beautiful shot. Can i know how much light pollution you have in your area (bortle scale)…?

siva · February 24, 2021, 4:22pm

Bortle 8 or 9. I live in Chennai.

Thiyagarajan · February 25, 2021, 4:21am

Can you mention your astrophotography kit used for this image ?

siva · February 26, 2021, 9:26am

William Optics Z81 refractor
WO Flat 6A III 0.8x reducer/flattener
HEQ5 Pro
Unmodified Canon 700d

Thiyagarajan · February 27, 2021, 8:51am

Thanks for the information

Nanikutty · February 28, 2021, 2:41pm

Used any kind of light pollution filter

siva · March 3, 2021, 5:16pm

Nope, no filters as of now.

Nanikutty · March 6, 2021, 9:58am

Ho ok sir, Thank you for your information

SathyaNarayanan · April 9, 2021, 6:23am

Lovely details on the gases. Very clean image.

Eniyan · July 4, 2021, 11:27am

siva · July 4, 2021, 11:27am

Amazing. Love the colors!