The Orion Nebula through my 8" Dobsonian

WOW! Onto DEEP SKY already!!! :0)

This was taken through my 8" Dob & SPC880NC Webcam without any long exposure mod!!! I simply recorded an AVI file, ran it through RegiStax 5.1 and WOW! I was pleasantly surprised at how much of the "Nebulosity" has stood out after playing around with contrast/brighness/RGB/etc, etc....

NEXT STOP - ANDROMEDA!!!!!!! (that's if the clouds EVER shift again :0( )

Category:

Science & Technology

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• orion
• nebula
• astronomy
• deep
• sky
• telescope
• astrophotography
• webcam
• registax

[voron27]

sorry but i dont see anything that would look like M43

[xwing1977]

@voron27 You are correct in your statement - this video is of M42 ;o) I'll just add - my little telescope and cheapy-home-made-webcam only picks out the "core" of the brighter nebula parts around the trio of stars in ther middle - something I'm quite happy with, giving my budget and lack of experience....never thought I'd ever get any sort of deepsky imaging with my setup - but hey-ho - there ya go! LOL :)

[mrastronomy15]

I'm not saying that the video is bad but, this picture of orion nebula, isn't identical to the one I seen through my 8". Now it might have to do with light pollution. Do you have a lot of light pollution?

[xwing1977]

@mrastronomy15 - Hiya - you are correct - this is NOT what you will see through you scope. In the view finder you may see similar detail - but it will appear in black and white. The image here I have posted has been stacked with Registax and processed to bring out the colour and detail that would not normally be seen in the view finder. Not quite sure exactly what you see in your area through you own scope - but it will most probably not be like my image here.... Hope that helps? :)

[darkerforest]

A question- if I'm buying 8" Dobsonian, can I just use it on my balcony in the middle of the city, or will the light pollution and heat will ruin the image?

Whereabouts do you use it?

[xwing1977]

@darkerforest - Depends on the level of light polution really - on a dark night - can you see any stars with the naked eye? If so - you should be fine for observing things like the moon, planets and some of the brighter deep sky objects such as the Orion Nebula and the andromeda galaxy - but fainter objects may be obscured. Hope that helps?  :o)

[TheAstroPhotographer]

Nice image! I didn't think you could capture any nebulosity without a long exposure with just an 8".

[jack342able]

@voron27 Look very close. Look in the side of the Four Stars ;)

[jj1x0]

spectacular...

[nfhslugger]

Not bad!!

[ff621]

@Universound57 I'm in the city(NYC) I usually drive about an hour out to Long Island . I mean I get to see lots of Nebulae and Clusters but when I 'm out East in the Island they seem to be way much brighter.

[Universound57]

@ff621 im only about 30 miles out from the city and i still get pretty good views on a clear night, how far away are you?

[ff621]

@Universound57 I have a bad case of light pollution in my area, too close to the city.

[Universound57]

@ff621 im sure you are right, ive got my 8 inch dob and ive been really pleased with it, open star clusters are really amazing to look at