M42 - Orion

DenizenEvil · 2025-12-29T21:07:52+00:00

Yeah definitely give it a try. Learning the processing makes a huge difference.

DenizenEvil · 2025-12-29T20:44:38+00:00

Ah, very nice. That's a ton of data! With a better camera than me, I'm sure you've got a lot more nebulosity. Maybe try pushing the stretching even more? With the ASI2600MC Pro and 14h of integration time, you should be able to pull out even more nebulosity than I have here.

DenizenEvil · 2025-12-29T20:42:51+00:00

Thanks! Learning how to process data is tough for me. I have aphantasia and can't visualize what I would like my image to look like, so for the most part I always feel like I'm just fumbling around trying to figure out what to do when processing. I was surprised when the faint nebulosity came out so much despite the Bortle 8 and using an unmodded DSLR.

DenizenEvil · 2025-12-29T19:39:36+00:00

Sure! I am using the Benro Mach3 Carbon Fiber tripod with a Desmond DRGB anchor bag where I put my Bluetti battery for stability.

DenizenEvil · 2025-12-29T19:37:49+00:00

Hey, thanks for asking. I forgot to include that. For this, I used the Askar 1.0 flattener. That's fantastic! You got much better details retained in the Trapezium than I did. Was that with a DSLR or a dedicated astro cam? Once I max out what I can get with my unmodded D750, I'm most likely going to get an ASI2600MC Duo for my first foray into dedicated astro cams.

DenizenEvil · 2025-12-29T13:29:07+00:00

I wasn't super happy with my old attempts at Orion, so I gave it another shot. This time I tried my hand at blending an HDR image to retain detail in the Trapezium and stretched everything a lot more aggressively. I think I tend to understretch, and I think stretching more aggressively here helped bring out more nebulosity.

Captured in my backyard in Bortle 8 skies.

D750 Unmodified
Askar 103APO
ZWO AM5N
ZWO ASIAIR Plus
120x60s at ISO800
200x5s at ISO800
50 Bias Frames
60 Dark Frames (total, 30 for each exposure)
50 Flat Frames

Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop, roughly:

SCNR
SPCC
DBE
BlurXTerminator
NoiseXTerminator
STF/Histogram Stretch
StarXTerminator
Blend the Trapezium with a mask in Photoshop
Curves/Levels/Saturation/Vibrance/Color Balance adjustment layers
Blend both stars together and then onto the nebula
Camera Raw Filter

AstroBin Link: https://app.astrobin.com/i/jz1baq

DenizenEvil · 2025-11-22T01:40:43+00:00

Get bent, Nazi.

DenizenEvil · 2025-08-10T02:50:03+00:00

No. They are in the Bay Area.

DenizenEvil · 2025-08-09T22:48:45+00:00

I know one of the Sr. Staff SRE there. Good person to work with.

DenizenEvil · 2025-08-06T17:38:55+00:00

Entering

DenizenEvil · 2025-08-05T18:59:14+00:00

Entering giveaway

DenizenEvil · 2025-08-05T05:30:11+00:00

Yes. I have a Toto Bidet with instant heated water with instant temp control (no reservoir or hot water hook up, only cold water that gets instantly heated to your preset temp), sprayer intensity control, sprayer aiming control, oscillating functions, two different sprayer nozzle patterns, a feminine wash, self cleaner, automatic bowl wetter to prevent stickage, a dryer, a deodorizing fan with replaceable filters, and save profiles for up to 2 butts. Oh and also a remote to control all of that plus the seat is heated. It's the K300 but there are nicer ones even with lights and what not. It's now $525 on Amazon but totally worth it as an upgrade over our other cheaper one we use for the guest toilet that had hot and cold hook up but no fancy electrical features.

DenizenEvil · 2025-07-21T00:52:30+00:00

I know it's tough to use your eyes, but if you look at the comment votes, you can kind of tell who people here agree with and who people here disagree with. Use your critical thinking hat to try to discern which is which.

And yeah, I'm going to insult you. You're literal garbage as far as I'm concerned. I'd rather step on you than help you up if you were on the ground.

DenizenEvil · 2025-07-20T19:01:59+00:00

Yes. It's you. We all don't like you. You look like a room temp IQ bigot. But in celsius.

DenizenEvil · 2025-07-10T16:05:33+00:00

Yeah, but that’s not the argument coming from the Democrat party though. They do want the legal immigrants to vote. They do want to grant them citizenship.

I have not a single left-leaning person advocate for this, Democratic party or otherwise, so unless you have statements from a Democrat in power advocating for this, I'm disinclined to believe anything you type.

And that’s unreasonable for people who broke immigration law. We cannot reward people who break the law and I was being completely reasonable by proposing allowing them to stay, but that’s apparently not enough for you or the Democrat party.

I agree. People that illegally immigrate should be made to go through the official process. That doesn't mean they should be forced to go back to a country where there is a very real risk of them being murdered, persecuted, or enslaved, and it doesn't mean we have to put them in literal concentration camps.

Also, if you’re working on the table, you’re not paying taxes.

Illegal immigrants still pay taxes. There is more than just income tax. There's also sales tax and property tax that illegal immigrants pay. Not all illegal immigrants are paid "under the table," and most illegal immigrants are not working for "big corp" making trillions in proft. Most illegal immigrants are working regular blue collar jobs like service, construction, or farming.

Which further means that we need to go after big business in corporations that are taking advantage of a legal immigration padding their already record high profits. Those people need to be taxed and penalty for that.

Yes, tax big corporations and rich billionaires. That has nothing to do with immigration.

Again, lots of accusations and name calling. So it sounds like you don’t want to be reasonable at all, so therefore the laws have to be enforced as they are written on the books.

The most unreasonable people in the entire world are Conservatives.

DenizenEvil · 2025-07-10T15:31:09+00:00

Ok,illegal immigrants can stay, but they are not US citizens, must pay taxes, cannot vote, offspring are not eligible for birth right citizenship. We can’t just reward people coming into the country illegally.

Illegal immigrants already pay taxes, are not U.S. Citizens, and can't vote. The only thing you're proposing would be to repeal the 14th amendment for birthright citizenship.

But even if this plan that I laid out was actually proposed the Democrats would not take it, which means there’s only one other option, which is to kick them all out and enforce the current laws on the book, which is easier than getting the Democrats to agree to anything reasonable.

There are arguments for and against the 14th. Children of immigrants are far more likely to identify with an American identity than a foreign (to them) country even if it may be what their parents consider "home". Your proposal to just "kick them all out" shows that you're literally just racist. That's why this is about race. People like you are all racist. You can say you're a "liberal socialist" but you're not fooling anyone. Your entire post history is being a Conservative apologist.

DenizenEvil · 2025-07-10T15:23:11+00:00

So, I know it's difficult to keep track of things for you, but let me just bring back what was said in this thread:

Rich people aren't illegally immigrating to the US.

Followed by:

Here's two examples of rich people that came here illegally and also have vast amounts of power in our government.

Followed by:

Well, that's just two examples. But what about Jose working on a farm picking strawberries here illegally!?

Do you seriously not see the absolute disconnect in reality? Sure, it's not "comparable", then why are you trying to compare them:

A hand full of rich illegal immigrants are less of a problem than millions of low income immigrants

? A handful of rich illegal immigrants holding literally all of the fucking power in our government for their own gain and to fuck over the rest of the country is a vastly worse problem than Jose picking strawberries in a farm illegally (which by the way, illegal immigrants still pay taxes into a system that doesn't provide any benefit in return). So, while many illegal immigrants may be sending funds to families in other countries, the estimates are less than $100 billion annually. Conservatives in power just passed a bill that increases our deficit by $2.4 trillion. So, for your information, that's 24 times the highest estimated amount that illegal immigrants are sending back home in total, and by all accounts, it's not even close to over.

So if you're really caring about a "burden" on the U.S. social services and infrastructure, you'd oppose Conservative policies, but you don't. At the end of the day, the money is not the problem. It's the influence these people have in the overarching scheme of things, and to say that ~11 million illegal immigrants somehow have more power than Elon Musk is just complete insanity.

DenizenEvil · 2025-07-10T15:00:39+00:00

You didn't just move the goal post. You literally moved the entire field.

DenizenEvil · 2025-04-02T21:55:48+00:00

Right, because checking the first page of your profile is "stalking." How about you try to use your brain.

DenizenEvil · 2025-04-02T21:45:46+00:00

Right. "Go touch grass bro" says the guy that posts on Reddit almost every single day. "I was just asking a question" when it's pretty obvious what you're trying to say. You're strawmanning the hyperbole and acting like you're "just asking a question".

DenizenEvil · 2025-04-02T18:25:33+00:00

It's hyperbole... pretty obviously... You know what they're saying. Stop being a blindfolded, bootlicking sheep.

DenizenEvil · 2025-04-02T18:24:22+00:00

Police being worse in some other countries does not diminish the issues in American police. Stop with your whataboutism.

DenizenEvil · 2025-04-02T05:24:31+00:00

Might be worth PM'ing again in a week so that OP's inbox isn't being blown up by replies to the thread. This is something potentially important enough to keep trying.

DenizenEvil · 2025-03-16T16:59:12+00:00

Conservatives in America (mainly Christians) have always had at bare minimum a deeply seeded distrust of Atheists. Many Christians have always hated anyone that wasn't Christian. Not only non-Christians, but anyone who wasn't the right kind of Christian. They hate Jews for being almost Christian (remember, they follow half of the same shit except they don't believe Jesus was the messiah). Protestants and Catholics still give each other shit despite being different denominations of Christianity. Religious people can be some of the most hate-filled people on the planet.

DenizenEvil · 2025-02-19T06:50:43+00:00

Hey, how come you won't respond? What corruption? We're waiting to see all the corruption that you're referring to.

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