Messier 42 - The Great Orion Nebula

Copyright and personal information:

My name: Cornelis van Zuilen

My instagram: www.instagram.com/cvz_astrophotography/

Heiloo, The Netherlands

 

Equipment used:

Telescope: Askar 103APO

Main camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro

Filters: Optolong L-Pro

Guidescope: SvBony Sv106 50mm

Guide camera: ZWO ASI224MC

Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro

 

Exposures:

Optolong L-Pro

1hr 30min

136x 180sec

 

0hr 2 min

126x 1sec

 

Calibration frames for each stack:

20 Darks

20 Flats

20 Dark flats

 

Processed in Pixinsight

 

 

Extra information:

Each year since 2021 I try to take at least one night of exposures of the Orion Nebula, but the final picture I made this year is by far the best one I've ever made. It's also the first time that I was able to see the 4 main trapezium stars in the core and a small protoplanetary disc slightly to the right of it (between the two bigger stars). This result motivates me to take an even better picture next year. Maybe with at least 10 hours of data? Maybe also use my dualband filter? Who knows, lets see what will happen. For now I hope you enjoy this picture as much as I do!

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