Tuesday, January 20, 2026

M42--12 hours with the Dwarf 3 scope

The Dwarf 3 is the perfect scope to capture detailed, wide views of the sky. This ability is particularly suited to large DSOs like the Orion Nebula. This image is a 12 hour integation on 60s subframes, stacked and procssed in Siril (with Varilux and Cosmic Clarity scripts). At 12 hours, the faint nebulosity surrounding M42 starts to become visible and the Dwarf does a fine job of capturing it. Click image to see the large version.

Seven hours on the Horsehead with the Seestar S50

The Horsehead Nebula never gets old. This image is a seven hour integration taken with the S50. I procesed it in Siril with RC Astro tools a...