Monday, November 28, 2011

The Great Orion Nebula




Click the link to see in higher resolution on my flickr page.

I finally got a clear night with the telescope and got some shots of the Orion Nebula. It was my first try at stacking photos in order to really filter out the noise inherent in long exposures. This photo was created with ten two minute exposures of the nebula. The software is amazingly confusing the first time through. A lot like your first crack at doing just about anything in Photoshop. I think I'll get better at it after a little trial, error, and googling...

1 comment:

Kim Letkeman said...

Very impressive progress. Which mount are you using now, and which telescope? I'm a wanna be, so it's been fun reading your progress starting with the Astro Boy and moving up ...