M42 - The Orion Nebula
M42 - The Orion Nebula
Messier 42 (The Orion Nebula) shot in narrowband. The Orion Nebula was known by the Mayan culture as the "cosmic fire of creation". Several thousand years later, we would go on to discover that M42 is indeed a star nursery; home to approximately 700 stars at differing stages of development.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4 (SPA-3)
Camera
FLI PL16083
Location
Oria, Spain
Date of observation
September 24, 2020
Filters
SII, H-Alpha, OIII (6 x 180 second exposures on all filters)
Processing
Deep Sky Stacker, Astro Pixel Processor, Adobe Photoshop CC
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