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M42 Orion Nebula, Kevin Fordham
M42 Orion Nebula
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M42 Orion Nebula

M42 Orion Nebula, Kevin Fordham
M42 Orion Nebula
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M42 Orion Nebula

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Description

This wonderful target has now disappeared until next winter, I kept trying to catch a little data as and when I could. They ranged from 10 seconds to 180 seconds . I captured this data in October and November 2018 and have just got around to processing it.

100 x Red at various exposures

100 x Blue at various exposures

30 x Green at various exposures. Haven’t had chance to capture any more….. yet.

About 4 hours integration time.

Equipment used was:

AZ Eq6 mount

Altair Astro Starwave 70 EDQ-R Quad

ZWO 1600cc Camera

Altair 80mm finder scope with Lodestar guide camera

Starlight Xpress filter wheel with Baader 2" filters in Red, Green and Blue

Polemaster

Software:

Sequence Generator Pro

Phd2

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M42 Orion Nebula, Kevin Fordham