M42 - The Great Orion Nebula
M42 - The Great Orion Nebula
The fuzzy patch just below the belt of Orion. Probably the most photographed object after the Sun and Moon. A hot star forming region fuelled by 4 young stars known as the trapezium that invariable burn out the centre of the image. It is located approximately 1300 Light Years Away and is 24 Light Years across. It is an Emission Nebula.
This is an old image, taken back in 2008. It comprised of 10 exposures, stacked and processed using Registax 4.
Camera was a Konica Minolta 7D DSLR Camera at 1600 ASA, the exposure time was 30 seconds per frame.
Telescope is my old, trusty Skywatcher 200mm F5 with the camera at Prime Focus..
Mount is a EQ5 Equatorial, Polar Aligned and driven in Right Ascension. Still going strong, now about 18 years old.