M42

Core of Orion Nebula

M42

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Object Info

Type

Diffuse Nebula

Constellation

Orion

Distance

1,600 ly

Capture Details

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