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PhotonCollector
23-03-2006, 02:19 PM
Hi everyone...:D

Here's my best image yet of the core region of the Great Nebula in Orion, M42.

This image is composed from 3 x 15 second exposures (45-seconds total) using ISO-200, on the 12-inch f/5 telescope with the Baader Coma Corrector and modified Canon 300D. The images are not dark-subtracted, flat-fielded or bias adjusted. The resulting image is about 7 arc-minutes wide. Images were processed with IRIS with final adjustments in Photoshop.

There is a higher resolution image here http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/ngc1976d.html

The Hubble Space Telescope also imaged this area of the Great Nebula which is where the name 'Crucible of Creation' was coined, see this link for more info http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1995/45/image/a (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1995/45/image/a)

regards
Paul

RB
23-03-2006, 02:43 PM
Very nice indeed Paul,

Well done.

ving
23-03-2006, 03:33 PM
better than hubble! ;)

good image paul :)

Raydar
24-03-2006, 09:19 PM
Good detail there mate. :thumbsup:

tornado33
27-03-2006, 06:15 PM
Great shot Paul, really pushing the resolution there :)
Scott

PhotonCollector
28-03-2006, 04:29 PM
Thanks mate,

I think I need a bigger 'scope :)

Paul