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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: MarkS on Feb 20, 2015, 19:03:28

Title: Olly & Tom's 400 hour image of Orion
Post by: MarkS on Feb 20, 2015, 19:03:28
This is the most stunning astro-image I have ever seen:
http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/237263-the-400-hour-image/

A 30 pane mosaic!

Amazing!

Mark
Title: Re: Olly & Tom's 400 hour image of Orion
Post by: JohnP on Feb 20, 2015, 19:19:20
Absolutely nuts.. needs some kind of accolade or award for all the effort..Thks for link I need to check it out on large screen.

John
Title: Re: Olly & Tom's 400 hour image of Orion
Post by: MarkH on Feb 20, 2015, 19:29:17
Humbling eh   :(
Title: Re: Olly & Tom's 400 hour image of Orion
Post by: Carole on Feb 20, 2015, 20:21:00
Flippin heck 400 hours, I doubt I've done 400 hours in all the time I have been imaging.

I remember when Olly posted this image up when it was only 40 hours (approx) of imaging time and stating it was 40 hours of madness.

Absolutely amazing.

Carole
Title: Re: Olly & Tom's 400 hour image of Orion
Post by: Canadian Roger on Feb 21, 2015, 03:39:00
That is truly amazing.  I think it would take me a couple of years to reach a total of 400 hours of observing.  I was happy to get a hint of Barnard's Loop when I was in Chile, but this is staggering.
Title: Re: Olly & Tom's 400 hour image of Orion
Post by: RobertM on Feb 21, 2015, 07:49:56
It's an astonishing image for sure but I'm not quite sure it quite competes with the huge mosaic that someone did of the Milky Way a while back, especially for dedication.

Unfortunately, unless he sells it to someone and its displayed in a public place, we shall never see it in all its glory :(.  For me that is the sad part.

Robert
Title: Re: Olly & Tom's 400 hour image of Orion
Post by: Fay on Feb 21, 2015, 13:23:31
John you will have to hire the IMAX to view it!!!!!