M42 - The Orion Nebula
| Object |
Emission Nebula M42, The Orion Nebula, in Orion |
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| Telescope (Photo) | Celestron 8" SCT OTA with f/6.2 focal reducer on Losmandy G-11 Mount | |
| Telescope (Guiding) | Orion EON 80mm ED Refractor @ f/6.25 on Losmandy G11 Mount | |
| Camera (Photo) | Canon 60Da DSLR Camera using ImagesPlus 5.0 Camera Control | |
| Camera (Guiding) | SBIG ST-i w/PHD Guiding | |
| Exposure Detail | Composite of images at 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, and 300 seconds, each an excluded-average combination of 22 images, ISO3200; RAW file conversion, full calibration (flat, dark, bias, flat-dark), and initial image processing using ImagesPlus 5.0; final image processing using Photoshop CS5 | |
| Location | Cincinnati Astronomical Society's Dark-Sky Site (Adams County, Ohio) (N38.876, W83.464) | |
| Date | 10/12/12 |