M42, M43 - Orion Nebula and NGC 1977 - Running Man Nebula

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Description

Reflection Nebula in the constellation Orion

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Date

October 27, 2003 / March 3 and 8, 2004

Telescope

Pentax 75 SDHF @f/6.7 (f=500mm), Losmandy G11 mount, FS2 drive unit

CCD Camera

ST-2000XM at -25°C

Exposure

(L+Hα)RGB: 5x120s (1x1) + 5x600s (1x1) + 4x300s (1x1, central region) / 3x240s (1x1) / 3x180s (1x1) / 3x240s (1x1)

Localisation

Kriftel / Rhein-Main area

Conditions

Bad Conditions, light pollution

Note

Image re-processed: L layer is a combination of L + H&alpha, central region was set-in; exposure. LRGB image (above), L exposure (= L+Hα) (below)

Image Processing

Full calibration, pre-processing with MaxIm, final processing with Photoshop