Observation by Honor Wheeler: M42 The Orion Nebula

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Honor Wheeler

Observer

Honor Wheeler

Observed

2019 Feb 26 - 20:44

Uploaded

2019 Mar 04 - 00:37

Objects

The Orion Nebula (M42)

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05h35m
Dec: -05°14'
Position angle: +6°35'

Field size

1°28' × 1°50'

Equipment
  • Canon EOS 1100D
  • 75-250mm lens
  • Sky-watcher Star Adventurer mount
Exposure

ISO800, 11 x 1min exposures + 9 darks

Location

Wilmington, Kent.

Title

M42 The Orion Nebula

About this image

While I state that I don't normally stack images, with this image I did, I feel like such a fibber! Not many images to be fair but Simon Dawes, a fellow Crayford AS member, set me the challenge and I dutifully responded. So while not the typical stack of RAW images this is from a number of jpeg light and dark's. I wanted some help understanding Deep Sky Stacker and Simon held a short tutorial on our Thursday meeting last week. The image of M42 is the result of his tutorial and I hope you like it, I'm rather proud. If Simon has managed to keep himself safe from Werewolves and Vampires, I may ask him again for more tutorials! 

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