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The Orion Nebula M42 (with stars), Terry Hancock

The Orion Nebula M42 (with stars)

The Orion Nebula M42 (with stars), Terry Hancock

The Orion Nebula M42 (with stars)

Description

I had quite a lot of responses over my starless image of M42, some good and some not so good so for everyone that wanted to see the same image with stars in it, here it is!

Grand Mesa Observatory recently captured M42 as part of its subscriptions using System 1 over 5 nights in February, with it's QHY367C and Takahashi 130 FSQ grandmesaobservatory.com/equipment

Total Integration Time 6.7 hours



Starless Version in High Resolution: www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/33752133938/in/datepos...

Technical Information

Location: GrandMesaobservatory.com, Purdy Mesa, Colorado

Captured February 2019 over 5 nights

QHY367C Full Frame One Shot Color COLDMOS cooled to -20C

Size: 7376 x 4938 pixels

Pixel Size: 4.88um x 4.88um

Gain 2850, Offset 76

Darks, Bias and Flat Calibration

40 x 600 sec, 30 x 5 sec (for trapezium)

Optics: Holloway Takahashi FSQ-130

Paramount ME German Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition Maxim DL

Pre Processing Pixinsight

Post Processing Photoshop CC

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The Orion Nebula M42 (with stars), Terry Hancock