Orion Nebula (M42 & M43)

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This photo consists of 47 exposures taken on Jan. 3, 5 and 13, and Feb. 18 from a vacant lot in Tucson, AZ. The total exposure time is 194 minutes. M42 and its smaller companion M43 (right centre) are about 1400 ly from Earth.  The open cluster NGC1977 is on the right. The dark lanes in the nebulosity are called "the Running Man" (here shown up-side down). The image size is about 100x67 arc minutes.


Imaging Setup:

Stellarvue 115T20 Apo Triplet

Stellarvue Field Flattener

HEQ-5 Mount

Orion Star Shoot Pro One-Shot Colour Camera

KW Telescope Guide Scope (QHY-5 Camera)

PHD Guiding

Nebulosity 2 – Image Capture

Deep Sky Stacker 3.3.2

Adobe Photoshop CS2 – Image Processing