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Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day

February 16 2010

M42-The Great Orion Nebula


Image details are,
40x300 seconds, 30x60 seconds, 20x15 seconds combined for an HDR image.
I used Deep Sky Stacker for image stacking and calibratIon. MaximDL, CCDSharp, and Photoshop CS4 for processing.
The images were taken over two different nights, (1-9-10 and 2-2-10) using the following equipment.

Intes Micro MN-65 6.5" F5.5 Maksutov Newtonian
Modified Canon 400D camera
Celestron CI-700 mount
Guided with an OrIon 100mm F6 and Meade DSI
Image acquisitIon and guiding via MaximDL
Full size image is here, http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2524/4335131311_c60bab3635_o.jpg

Submitted by: JoshuaHLocation: Near Smithton MODate: February 02 2010

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2010-02-16 00:04:28 GMT TonyF
Amazing Josh!!
2010-02-16 14:14:05 GMT fabiomax
Really great picture and nice colours!
Ciao,
Fabiomax
2010-02-18 17:02:31 GMT ak666666
Beauty with a capitol B! So amazing.
 

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