Observation by Mike Scarisbrick: Messier 42

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Mike Scarisbrick

Observer

Mike Scarisbrick

Observed

2014 Dec 24 - 20:30

Uploaded

2016 Nov 04 - 20:46

Objects

The Orion Nebula (M42)

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h35^m
Dec: -05°21'
Position angle: -49°16'

Field size

1°16' × 0°51'

Equipment

SkyWatcher 200 mm Newtonian
HEQ5 mount.
Canon EOS 500D

Exposure

Multiple exposures from 2.5 seconds to 75 seconds

Location

Cambridgeshire, UK

Target name

Messier 42

Title

Messier 42

About this image

Frames at individual exposure settings were stacked using Deep Sky Stacker, and then combined using a merging program of my own design. The central region is a combination of 2.5 second exposures, then moving from 10 second and 30 second exposures until the outermost region, which is just a single (sadly) 75 second exposure. Not a bad way to spend Christmas eve night and Christmas morning, I was quite pleased with how the detail is maintained from the outer regions to the Trapezium in the centre.

Files associated with this observation

M42-24122014-2230.jpg (256.6 kB)

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