Observation by David Basey: M42 without a telescope

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David Basey

Observer

David Basey

Observed

2017 Feb 13 - 20:40

Uploaded

2017 Feb 14 - 13:51

Objects

The Orion Nebula (M42)

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h34^m
Dec: -05°09'
Position angle: -7°47'

Field size

1°23' × 1°54'

Equipment

Canon 1000D
Vixen Polarie tracker

Exposure

54x60s Canon 250mm zoom lens @f5.6 1600ASA

Target name

M42 - The Great Orion Nebula

Title

M42 without a telescope

About this image

It really is amazing, to me anyway, how much detail can be recorded with just a standard camera and lens mounted on a star tracker.

The images were combined in Deep Sky Stacker, the Gamma curve manipulated in Registax and final adjustments made in Photoshop Elements 11. This included DDP processing as described here:- http://darkhorizons.emissionline.com/PSDDP.htm

Files associated with this observation

M42_20170213_Basey.jpg (338.7 kB)

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