M42 Orion Nebula
100x 15 sec exposures using ZWO ASI1600MC camera and AltairAstro ED triplet refractor. Stacked in DeepSkystacker and processed in Adobe Lightroom. No calibration frames or autoguiding.
The first picture taken through my AltairAstro 3" refractor on 30 Nov 2017. 70% moon so well pleased !
M42 is a diffuse nebula in the Milky Way approx. 1350 light years away and is the archetypical stellar nursery with stars emerging from clouds of hydrogen gas and dust. The bright area consists of a cluster of young stars called the Trapezium (overexposed in the photo in order to bring out the surrounding nebulosity).
M42 Orion Nebula
100x 15 sec exposures using ZWO ASI1600MC camera and AltairAstro ED triplet refractor. Stacked in DeepSkystacker and processed in Adobe Lightroom. No calibration frames or autoguiding.
The first picture taken through my AltairAstro 3" refractor on 30 Nov 2017. 70% moon so well pleased !
M42 is a diffuse nebula in the Milky Way approx. 1350 light years away and is the archetypical stellar nursery with stars emerging from clouds of hydrogen gas and dust. The bright area consists of a cluster of young stars called the Trapezium (overexposed in the photo in order to bring out the surrounding nebulosity).