Orion Nebula M42 and Running Man Nebula NGC1977

Location: Copernicus public observatory (Volkssterrenwacht), Overveen, The Netherlands.

Date & time: 5 March 2014, 21.45 Local Time (GMT+1).

Moonlit sky, moon low on the horizon, waxing crescent (21%).

Seeing moderate.

 

Telescope: Televue 85 refractor with 0,8x flattener/focal reducer.

Mount: Paramount ME II; tracking only.

Camera: Pentax K-r SLR.

Software used: DeepSkyStacker, PhotoPlus.

 

20 lightframes @30s, 20 darkframes @30s, 20 biasframes, 20 flatframes; RAW-format @1600ASA.

 

Done