The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula in the Milky Way situated south of Orion’s Belt in the constellation of Orion, and is known as the middle “star” in the “sword” of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with an apparent magnitude of 4.0. It is 1,267.0± light-years away and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. M42 is estimated to be 25 light-years across. – Wikipedia
- Object(s): The Orion Nebula (M42)
- Optics: SVBONY SV503 Refractor Telescope with Built-in Field Flattener, 70mm
- Camera: OM-Systems OM-1
- Filter: (none)
- Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ-AL55i Pro
- Guiding Optics: (none)
- Guiding Camera: (none)
- Exposures: 180
- ISO: 800
- Shutter Speed: 30s
- f-Stop: 6.78
- Location: Tucson, AZ
- Software:
- Siril
- Adobe Bridge
- Adobe Camera RAW
- Adobe Photoshop