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The Great Nebula in Orion, Hubble Palette, Terry Hancock

The Great Nebula in Orion, Hubble Palette

The Great Nebula in Orion, Hubble Palette, Terry Hancock

The Great Nebula in Orion, Hubble Palette

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Here is a version of M42 "The Great Nebula in Orion" processed in HST (Hubble Palette) with SII assigned to red channel, H-Alpha to green channel and OIII to blue channel. Shot at native resolution (F5.5).

An unusual looking M42 with this method and an even more unusual looking NGC 1977 (The Running Man Nebula)

Total Exposure time 12 hours.

Date of Shoot Nov 19th, 29th, Dec 3rd, 5th, 11th and 14th 2012

All exposures unbinned

H-Alpha, OIII, SII 7 x 30 min each

H-Alpha, OIII, SII 30 x 1 min each

QHY9M monochrome CCD cooled to -30C www.astrofactors.com

Thomas M. Back TMB 92SS F5.5 APO Refractor Astronomics

Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount (with MKS 4000)

Image Aquisition Maxim DL

Stacking and Calibrating: CCDStack

Registration of images in Registar

Post Processing Photoshop CS5

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The Great Nebula in Orion, Hubble Palette, Terry Hancock