M42 Orion Nebula, NGC 1977 Running Man Nebula

Shot from my back yard observatory in Fremont Michigan over 2 nights, the 10th and 12th September 2010, using a Canon 5D Mark II and consisting of 4 x 15 min exposures and 6 x 5 min exposures.

 

Thanks for looking.

Clear Skies

Terry

 

Date of Shoot 10th and 12th September 2010

Camera: modified Canon 5D Mark II

4x15 min sub exposures at 400ISO with flat and dark frames.

6x5 min sub exposures at 100ISO with flat and dark frames.

Scope: TMB130SS F7 Refractor using WO/TMB 2.7" Field Flattener.

Auto-guided with Orion Auto Guider on Stellarvue 10x60

Mount: Mountain Instruments MI-250 (pier mounted)

Image Acquired using Nebulosity II, stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and processed with Photoshop CS3.

 

This image was selected and appeared in "Snapixel Summers End Edition 2010"

issuu.com/snapixel/docs/7_-_summer_s_end

 

Astronomy.com Picture of the Day, April 2011 astronomy.com/Multimedia/Picture of Day.aspx?id={D524BD08-DEAA-4783-9E6B-71BA6CD8F87C}&page=0&category=&keywords=Terry+Hancock

 

Please take a moment to view my very latest image of M42 posted on the 8th December 2012 Here

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