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M42 - Single Frame, TSquasar
M42 - Single Frame
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M42 - Single Frame

M42 - Single Frame, TSquasar
M42 - Single Frame
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M42 - Single Frame

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Description

M42 using 16" Meade on a homemade equatorial mount, unguided. The tracking was so poor, only short exposures were possible. But 16" at f4 does gather a lot of light quickly. Image was cropped.

Eventually purchased the Celestron C11

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M42 - Single Frame, TSquasar