| OBJECT |
M42 - Great Nebula in Orion (image above is reduced-size | other sizes: medium , original) Distance: 1,344 light years |
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| Telescope | Takahashi TOA-130F @ f/7.7 | |
| Mount | Takahashi EM200 Temma II | |
| Camera | QSI 540wsg @ -15C | |
| Filters | Astrodon Ha (3nm), Astrodon Tru-Balance I-Series LRGB Gen 2 | |
| Guider | SX Lodestar | |
| Settings | 1x10min,3x5min Ha; 8x5min L (bin1x1); 3x5min ea RGB (bin2x2); AstroArt5, CS4 (slightly cropped, 10xdarks/flats/fdarks/bias) | |
| Date/Location Notes |
28 March 2014 - Las Cruces, NM This image is LHaRGB, where Ha:L (80:20) was used for Luminance. Result is my first try at blending a mask of long/short subs to show detail in the bright center. Clearly I went a bit long for the RGB subs, so overexposed color channels in the central Trapezium area, oh well :) |
