M42

Orion Nebula in Emission-Line

M42

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Object Info

Type

Diffuse Nebula

Constellation

Orion

Distance

1,600 ly

Capture Details

Date

April 1, 2009

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Ha 14x5 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi MT200 Newtonian

Focal Length

1200mm @f/6

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

TAK MEF-1

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha

Software

CCD Commander, MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop