Imaging telescopes or lenses: TEC-140 · Takahashi FSQ106ED
Imaging cameras: QSI683wsg · QSI 690 WSG-8
Mounts: 10 Micron GM1000HPS · 10 Micron GM2000 HPS II UP
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FSQ106ED
Guiding cameras: Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2
Software: Sequence Generator Pro · Adobe Photoshop 6 CS · AstroPixelProcessor · Pixinsight 1.8
Filters: Astrodon Ha 5nm · Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Blue · Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Green · Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Red · Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Luminance
Dates:Jan. 13, 2021 , Jan. 16, 2021
Frames:
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Blue: 156x300" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Green: 156x300" bin 1x1
Astrodon Ha 5nm: 72x1200" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Luminance: 24x15" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Luminance: 60x180" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Luminance: 120x30" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Luminance: 120x300" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Luminance: 24x60" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Luminance: 72x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Red: 156x300" bin 1x1
Integration: 89.5 hours
Avg. Moon age: 1.84 days
Avg. Moon phase: 6.18%
Astrometry.net job: 4162181
RA center: 5h 35' 13"
DEC center: -5° 42' 54"
Pixel scale: 2.094 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 0.875 degrees
Field radius: 2.065 degrees
Resolution: 4333x5623
Locations: E-EyE, Fregenal de la Sierra, Extremadura, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: e-EyE Extremadura
Messier 42 needs no preamble. It is around 1,400 light years away and about 24 light years across.
This is a 4 panel mosaic that Barry and I did on our remote FSQ106 rig. Whilst M42 would have fitted within the FOV of the FSQ106 and KAF8300 combination, we wanted to set the nebula in a wider context. For various reasons, it took us some time to complete the project. We began on 11 January 2018 and did not finish until 13 January 2021.
Technical details are as follows:
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 106
Camera: QSI 683
Filters: Astrodon
Mount: 10 Micron GM1000HPS
Ha: 72 x 1200s
Lum: 120 x 300s
Lum: 60 x 180s
Lum: 120 x 30s
Red: 96 x 300s
Green: 96 x 300s
Blue: 96 x 300s
At the same time that we were finishing the Tak Orion project, we were shooting another (2 panel) project of M43 and Running Man using our TEC 140 rig. In revison D, I incorporated the data from the TEC project in an attempt to provide more resolution in the core.
Telescope: TEC 140
Camera: QSI 690
Filters: Astrodon
Mount: 10 Micron GM2000HPS
Lum: 72 x 600s
Lum: 24 x 60s
Lum: 24 x 15s
Red: 60 x 300s
Green 60 x 300s
Blue: 60 x 300s
Total exposure time 89 hours and 30 minutes.
Data: Steve Milne & Barry Wilson
Processing: Steve Milne
Description: I managed to get a bit more detail in the core from the TEC data mentioned in the description.
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Description: Some minor adjustments to contrast
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