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The Great Orion Nebula (LRGB), James Hawks
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The Great Orion Nebula (LRGB)

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The Great Orion Nebula (LRGB)

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Description

The Orion Nebula (M42) is located in the constellation of Orion ~1344 light years away. It is a diffuse nebula and is one of the brightest nebulae. It is so bright it is visible to the naked eye under dark skies. 

This image is a two panel mosaic and was captured, in a Queen Creek (Arizona) Bortle 7 backyard, using a Skywatcher Esprit 150ED telescope. The telescope is mounted on a 10Micron GM2000 HPS II mount. The camera is a ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro using Antlia V-PRO LRGB filters. It was captured over 4 nights (2022-10-24 to 2022-10-27). The images were stacked/processed in Pixinsight and fine-tuning done in Photoshop.

Acquisition:
    Location: Queen Creek, AZ Bortle 7
    Dates: 2022-10-24 to 2022-10-27
    Lights (Dithered, Cooled -15°C, Gain 100):
        Panel 1 (Left Side):
            400 x 10s L
            70 x 90s R
            70 x 90s G
            70 x 90s B
        Panel 2 (Right Side):
            400 x 10s L
            70 x 90s R
            70 x 90s G
            70 x 90s B
    Bias: 200
    Flats: 25 Each Filter

Hardware:
    Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM PRO
    Scope: Skywatcher Esprit 150ED
    Focuser: FocusCube2
    Guide Camera: ASI 174mm Mini
    Guide Scope: ZWO OAG-L
    Mount: GM2000 HPS II
    Filters: V-PRO LRGB

Software:
    NINA
    Pixinsight
    Photoshop

Processing:
    Stacked in Pixinsight (WBPP, SubframeSelector, ImageIntegration)
    Pixinsight (DCrop, DBE, EZDenoise, ChannelCombination, PhotmeticMosaic, BGNeutralization, PhotometicColorCalibration, SCNR, GeneralizedHyperbolicStretch, LRGBCombination, StarXTerminator, ArcsignStretch)
    Photoshop (AstroFlat Pro, APF-R, Camera Raw, Image Color/Levels/Brightness/Vibrance/Saturation)

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The Great Orion Nebula (LRGB), James Hawks

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