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Date: 16/11/2007

Deepskystacker: Not Used

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, stacking, jpeg conversion .
Camera: Canon 20D - Standard
Optics: Mead LX200R
Exposure: 4 x 302 + 5 x 120 Seconds - Total 30 minutes
Guiding: DSI on SkyWatcher ED80