Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 423  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  NGC 1990  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  Part of the constellation Orion (Ori)  ·  The star 31Ori  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star Alnilam (εOri)  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star Mintaka (δOri)  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  The star σOri
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M42 Orion Nebula Wide, Gary Leavitt
M42 Orion Nebula Wide
Powered byPixInsight

M42 Orion Nebula Wide

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Wanted to test a new lens, Sigma Art 105mm f/1.4 on Orion to see if it could pick up some of the nebulosity of the area with limited exposure time. Fairly satisfied with result, but still would like to have obtained more integration time. Anyway, with this fast lens, was able to get 45 light frames with each exposure time only 16 seconds at ISO 400. Stacked, aligned and combined in DSS and processed in PSCS and Astronomy Tools.

No Darks, Flats or Bias frames taken

Prior to DSS, light frame conversion in Adobe Camera Raw performed ( Roger Clark)

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

M42 Orion Nebula Wide, Gary Leavitt