| M42 - Great Orion Nebula LAAstro.com by Bill Patterson |
| Catalog: M42 Magnitude: 3.7 Size: 1.5 deg x 1.0 deg Constellation: Orion Common Name or Description: Emission nebula & cluster |
| Date Taken: 02/01/03 Location: OCA site, Anza, CA Equipment: Takahashi FSQ106 telescope & SBIG ST10XME CCD camera Exposure: LRGB = 14/12/12/12 (90 second individual exposures) Notes: Luminance frames taken a year earlier with ST8E camera - RegiStar aligns, scales and registers the different base images to yield a perfectly matched image combination |
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| Image combination made possible by RegiStar software - Excellent stuff! |