M42
M42
Object | |
| Description: | Core of Orion Nebula |
| Type: | Diffuse Nebula |
| Constellation: | Orion |
| Distance: | 1,600 ly |
Image | |
| Date: | December 11, 2004 |
| Location: | Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA |
Equipment | |
| Optics: | Celestron C11 Carbon Fiber SCT w/XLT |
| Focal Length: | 1764mm @f/6.3 |
| Mount: | Celestron CGE |
| Camera: | SBIG ST-2000XM |
| Focuser: | Optec TCF-S |
| Filters: | CFW8A, Astrodon 6nm Ha |
| Software: | CCDSoft 5, Photoshop cs |