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Messier 42 Nebula

The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated south[b] of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344 light years away!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Nebula

 

My first proper go at stacking a number of images whilst attending the Winchester Science Centre Stargazing evening.

Taken with the EOS 5d mk3, with the 70-200 f2.8 lens fitted with both the 2x and 1.4x extenders. No tracking was used for this.

Although the camera shoots ok although I do think doubling the extenders softens the overall image..

Stacked 18 shots of 1 second and processed and stacked with deep sky stacker.

Will keep trying with this, its quite addictive!

 

Will now try stacking all 170 images :)

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Uploaded on December 1, 2013
Taken on December 1, 2013