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Date: 16/11/2008 Deepskystacker: Average stacking

The Great Orion Nebula -  Distance 1,600 Light Years - Mag 5

The Orion Nebula Messier 42 (M42, NGC 1976) is the brightest starforming, and the brightest diffuse nebula in the sky, and also one of the brightest deepsky objects at all.

This was my first ever colour image of a deep sky object.

 Click here to see position in the sky

 

Location: Golden Grove Western Australia Photoshop CS2:   levels, colour balance, curves, saturation, scaling, jpeg conversion .
Camera: Canon 20D - Standard
Optics: Meade LX200R
Exposure: (4 x 302) + (5 x 120) Seconds
Guiding: DSI on SykWatcher ED80