Simon Todd Astrophotography
M42 / NGC1976 Great Orion Nebula and NGC1973 / NGC 1975 / NGC1977 Running Man Nebula
Located approximately 1300 Light years from earth lies the Great Orion Nebula in the constellation of Orion, sometimes referred to as "Orions Sword". The Nebula is part of the "Orion Molecular Cloud Complex"
The Orion Nebula itself is about 24 light years across and can be seen with the naked eye quite easily, through a telescope with the naked eye it appears as a greenish cloud of dust
The above image compromises of the following:
Image Details
28x 1Min Exposures at ISO 800
19x 10 Min exposures at ISO 800
43x Dark Frames
55x Flat Frames
Celestron C80ED APO Refractor
Canon 450D Modified
Skywatcher 80 Guide Scope
Orion Starshoot Autoguider
Images Aquired with BackyardEOS
Images Stacked with Nebulosity 2
Post processed with Photoshop to align the two exposure sets
I plan on building in some 30 second exposures to detail out the core better
M42 / NGC1976 Great Orion Nebula and NGC1973 / NGC 1975 / NGC1977 Running Man Nebula
Located approximately 1300 Light years from earth lies the Great Orion Nebula in the constellation of Orion, sometimes referred to as "Orions Sword". The Nebula is part of the "Orion Molecular Cloud Complex"
The Orion Nebula itself is about 24 light years across and can be seen with the naked eye quite easily, through a telescope with the naked eye it appears as a greenish cloud of dust
The above image compromises of the following:
Image Details
28x 1Min Exposures at ISO 800
19x 10 Min exposures at ISO 800
43x Dark Frames
55x Flat Frames
Celestron C80ED APO Refractor
Canon 450D Modified
Skywatcher 80 Guide Scope
Orion Starshoot Autoguider
Images Aquired with BackyardEOS
Images Stacked with Nebulosity 2
Post processed with Photoshop to align the two exposure sets
I plan on building in some 30 second exposures to detail out the core better