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The Great Orion Nebula, Wheeljack
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The Great Orion Nebula

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The Great Orion Nebula

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Description

I've imaged this beautiful target with several lenses/telescopes ranging from 16mm to 1500mm. Started with 1500mm on an alt/az mount a year ago, and I have since fallen down the rabbit hole.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D MKII

Filter: Optolong L-Pro (clip-in)

Telescope: Sky-Watcher EvoStar 80ED DS-Pro (600mm f/7.5)

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

Lights: 42 x 120s @ ISO 1600

Darks: 20

No flats/bias (I can't shoot flats to save my life)

Stacked in Astro Pixel Processor

Curves, Levels and minor adjustments made in Photoshop

This mount is a beast!! When I looked through the frames I took, I didn't have to discard a single one because of trails/periodic errors(!). I took 42 frames, hoping I could get an hour of integration, I got 84 minutes instead.

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The Great Orion Nebula, Wheeljack