M78 nebular complex in Orion
La Silla 2.2m MPG/ESO telescope, Cassegrain focus (F=8009mm).
5x3min Red, 3x3min Green (V), 3x3min Blue(B)
FWHM = 1.4"
Camera: WFI 8k x 8k mosaic CCD.
Image was calibrated, and Stacked from RAW data via IRAF software, composed/ white-balanced in Iris, and post-processed in PhotoShop.
Post processing was made in 50% scale (4228x4114) because image was quite oversampled (nothing to lose in 50% scale) and my PC is terrible weak for 67Mpix 16-bit image's multi-layered photoshoping :-)
This is a sample in ~12% resolution.
Large version is here (50% of original FITS, 12Mb)
(C) ESO/Igor Chekalin
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dacanata 30 months ago | reply
Excelente trabajo!!! Una foto realmente hermosa!!!
felicitaciones!!!
NakedTrust 30 months ago | reply
pretty awesome work! *thumbsup*
igorfp 30 months ago | reply
Thanks for all for congratulations!!!
Certainly I'll make photos during Chile trip, and publish here with detailed comments.
But ESO gave me an option to choise date. So I decided to go on autumn-winter (in northern hemisphere) I need this season for my astrophotography plans ;-)
It's not final decision, now I thinking about photosession plans, but deep RGB Orion mosaic (to finish this project), LMO, Eta Carinae - all best targets for mobile setup are winter time and now it's too late for current winter.
ngc6744 29 months ago | reply
Congratulations to the winner !
"Bon voyage" to Paranal.
Will be your first trip in southern hemisphere ? If yes, what a great experience to discover some new celestial objects !
Oliver Hayden 29 months ago | reply
Gorgeous! Amazing detail and contrast.
Franco GDL 29 months ago | reply
Great work
congratulations and maybe will see you there
lopusan 29 months ago | reply
beautiful simply beautiful
tzaranek 29 months ago | reply
outstanding!
pfile 29 months ago | reply
congrats on the APOD! outstanding processing.
gainesp2003 29 months ago | reply
Congrats on APOD!
NakedTrust 29 months ago | reply
saw your picture on APOD today! congrats :D
Roberto García 1974 29 months ago | reply
congrats on APOD. A great picture. Quien tuviera ese equipo....?
Ś3ềẻď 29 months ago | reply
yes nice nice
Hypnostar 26 months ago | reply
Wooooooooooooooooooow!!!
RioParadiso Studio 26 months ago | reply
My friend... did you win a trip to Chile with your photos man?! At least an up and down to Mars would make justice to it!!! Dream Work
ikietoy 26 months ago | reply
I think this is the most stunning of any of the photographs published here. BRAVO!
janvavrusa 22 months ago | reply
Awesome image! Congratulations!
igorfp 20 months ago | reply
Thanks for all! It was great pleasure to work with such perfect RAW data from ESO.
2.2-m MPG/ESO telescope at La Silla is exactly what I call "dream of crazy amateur astronomer". Because of it's "Lens speed" of 1:3.6, enormous widefield CCD which is cooled blow -104C and of course location under astronomically excellent sky.
BTW. Online reports about my ESO's prize trip to Chile will be covered online in my facebook page: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001700637639
jleo3 13 months ago | reply
****lol****,bravo!
sil737 5 months ago | reply
fantastic shot!