Messier 42 The Great Orion Nebula

Here's an image of Orion I captured last week I usually use this camera for guidìng and my Zwo Asi 294 MC Pro colour cooled camera for imaging but thought I'd give this camera a go at imaging and must admit pleasantly surprised by the result.

 

Telescope skywatcher Evostar ED80/600 with ED80 Field Flattener 0.85 reducer

Skywatcher EQM 35 goto pro mount but no guiding used for this image ( unguided )

Imaging camera planetary Zwo Asi 385MC Colour Camera with home made Peltier cooler cooled to -5°

Baader UHC S Booster filter

160 × 30 seconds light frames

50 × 30 seconds dark frames

50 × flat frames

50 × Dark flat frames

Unity gain setting 60

Offset 20

Captured with Sharpcap in Fitts file format

Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker

Histogram stretched with Gimp

Final processing with Adobe Photoshop Express

Done