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Orion Nebula in Emission-Line
M42
Object
Type Diffuse Nebula
Constellation Orion
Distance 1,600 ly
More Info
Image
Date 01 Apr 2009 (Spring)
Place Carlsbad, CA
Exposure Data Ha 70 mins @ -20C
Ha 14x5 (bin 1x1)
Notes
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