M42 the Orion Nebula


Another look at the data from Nov 27th, 2024, Bandon, Oregon. A windy and wet night on the Oregon coast made for cold observation and data gathering. Not super ideal, but the Bortle 3-4 skies sure helped.

Acquisition

100 frames ISO400 13 second exposure Nikkor 400mm f4.5

Processing

DeepSkyStaker for the frames. GraXpert to pull the gradient. Some levels in photoshop. Images of the process below.

First image is a single frame in RawTherapee 5.11. Second image is the TIFF from DeepSkyStacker exported as JPEG. Last image is gradient removed via GraXpert and some minor levels in Photoshop.