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Nov 11, 2020 - Orion Nebula M42, Awni Hafedh
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Nov 11, 2020 - Orion Nebula M42, Awni Hafedh
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Nov 11, 2020 - Orion Nebula M42

I believe Orion Nebula is the most photographed target ever and to be honest I don't blame anyone because it is too bright for any camera to capture and it is simply beautiful. Personally I've captured it so many times and even with 500mm focal length you can see lots of details, now when I switched to higher focal length I really wanted to capture it again and hopefully bring more details within.

Equipment used was EdgeHD 9.25" with 0.7x reducer, Astronomik CLS-CCD filter, ZWO ASI1600MC-cool camera and iOptron CEM60 mount.

Captured different exposures to bring out the details in the bright core so I did 30x20sec - 39x60sec and 51x180sec at gain 75

This version is the whole M42 and M43 with all the different exposure frames merged in a HDR composite and tried my best to enhance all the details edge to edge.

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Nov 11, 2020 - Orion Nebula M42, Awni Hafedh