Exploring Messier 42 The Great Orion Nebula
Exploring Messier 42 The Great Orion Nebula
Even though Messier 42 is one of the most photographed astrophotography targets, you can explore its details and change its poses tirelessly. My inexpensive little Orion 80ED APO could use a new focuser, but its optics are excellent. The little telescope is a technical powerhouse when used to explore the heavens. The scope was mounted on a Skywatcher HEQ5 with guiding via a very small ZWO 30mm fl 120mm guidescope and PHD2 guiding software. No darks or other calibration frames were taken. Exposures were 25x24s, 12x44s, and 50x12s with the ASI294MC Pro camera set to a gain of 120 and Bin of 2x2 and cooled to -5 C. No filters were used. The site was a Bortle 4 and the ambient temperature was 15 C (59 F).
Capturing the exposures was done with APT. Processing was done with Pixinsight with final touches put in with Corel Paintshop Pro. Polar Alignment for the evening used SharpCap Pro.
Exploring Messier 42 The Great Orion Nebula
Exploring Messier 42 The Great Orion Nebula
Even though Messier 42 is one of the most photographed astrophotography targets, you can explore its details and change its poses tirelessly. My inexpensive little Orion 80ED APO could use a new focuser, but its optics are excellent. The little telescope is a technical powerhouse when used to explore the heavens. The scope was mounted on a Skywatcher HEQ5 with guiding via a very small ZWO 30mm fl 120mm guidescope and PHD2 guiding software. No darks or other calibration frames were taken. Exposures were 25x24s, 12x44s, and 50x12s with the ASI294MC Pro camera set to a gain of 120 and Bin of 2x2 and cooled to -5 C. No filters were used. The site was a Bortle 4 and the ambient temperature was 15 C (59 F).
Capturing the exposures was done with APT. Processing was done with Pixinsight with final touches put in with Corel Paintshop Pro. Polar Alignment for the evening used SharpCap Pro.