The ORION NEBULA - All You Need to Know before Imaging M42

#M42 #Messier42 #Orion

Galactic Hunter was created by Antoine and Dalia Grelin, a stargazing couple from Las Vegas, NV. We do our best to publish entertaining and helpful Astrophotography content, through videos, written tutorials, books, and more. The main goal of this YouTube channel is to help as many beginner astrophotographers as possible in this difficult yet rewarding hobby. We hope our content will help you reach new heights in your deep-sky imaging journey!

[ronlevandoski]

I met this wonderful couple last nite, 8 January 2022, at the Last Vegas Astronomy Society Star Party at Spring Mountain Ranch in Red Rock Canyon in Las Vegas. They are real people doing real science and plan to meet with them socially very soon. They have a lot of knowledge to share. Glad I met them.

[daveshireman]

Definitely hope you make more videos like this! This was awesome

[nooradeenalbataineh]

We need more of this keep up the great work!

[selfworthy]

This is a great idea for beginners like me ! Thank you !

[eyesoftexasskywatch]

Thanks for sharing your M42 progress over the years. Good video good tips. Clear skies!

[Wheeljack]

Great video. M42 is probably the most beginner-friendly target there is. As you said, it is not only easy to find in the night skies, but you can get a pretty decent result with a minimum of data. This was the target that got me hooked. One night I aimed my badly focused 1500mm MAK and a Canon DSLR with all the wrong settings towards it. That 30-second trailed, out-of-focus mess of an image showed colors and faint arms!!

[AvanteeshAstro]

great Tips Guys, fantastic Video, tonight Im gonna image Orion and The Eskimo Nebula!😃

[cjmenagh]

So glad you guys are back. Keep up the great work. Clear Skies.

[scott_meyer]

We were in Vegas last week. It was a bit cold for Vegas.

[moemode]

Happy New year to you both . Always love seeing your videos . Great to see you progress on M42 over the years .

[TwoPancakes]

awesome video guys !! i was planning to image orion today night, thanks for the tips

[fazergazer]

I’ve been following your Orion story from the beginning, and this video was a real “gas” (S, H, O) ;)! Nice description of combining different exposure values to get detail in the core Trapezium and the molecular cloud! I still love your wide field Orion!

[SinCityCosplay]

Thanks for this! I live in spring valley in the lakes, and it's really awesome to see a pro here in Vegas to learn from.. my set up is pretty rudimentary, using Canon r6 and 24-105 f4 L lens with an irix light pollution filter. Getting a star adventurer 2i today actually!

[CosmuzzAstro]

Great video guys. Very interesting and helpful. Im in the middle of capturing this. I'm trying to get at least 20 hours with a bunch of different exposure times but the clouds are not making it easy., Hopefully it turns out ok!
All the best and Clear Skies!!!

[richardhurst]

You mentioned about doing shirt exposures and some longer exposures for the dust detail. How do you then combine both lots of exposures. Do you stack them all together or do two different stacks and then layer them on top of each other and bring the non blown out trapezium through ??

[Tim_the_Astronurd]

we had a clear new moon this month, but after a miserable night of trying to shoot Orion last january, this year was even colder. -31F. I said "well Ill just hope for one last chance in march maybe". Ill never try to image in those temps again! great video!

[briankotak]

Great video you two! Just the tips that I was looking for. Do you have a video on how to combine short and long exposure images (I assume you stack these separately) in Photoshop? I use ASI 2600 MC Pro and was wondering how to blend the two colour exposure stacks from DSS in photoshop. Thanks. I love your channel. You have taught me so much. Thanks. Dr B from Manitoba, Canada.

[starpartyguy]

I named my dog after Orion. He’s a beagle. His name is Hunter.

[Bortle]

Trust me, you don't want to see my Orion images lol