The Great Orion Nebula (H-Alpha)

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Description

The Great Orion Nebula is the night sky's brightest diffuse nebula and one of the sky's brightest deep space object. Occupying the middle "star" of Orion's sword, the Orion nebula is a rich star formation region and is largely powered by a group of four bright young stars known collectively as the Trapezium. The Orion Nebula is also a large deep space object with an area of at least four full Moons and is a part of a larger complex of diffuse nebulosity lying about 1500 light years from Earth. For more detailed information regarding this object, click on the link to Rob Gendler's website near the bottom of this page.

Image Details

Target:	The Great Orion Nebula (M42)
Coordinates (Center - J2000):	RA 5h 35m 14s ; Dec -5d 26m 59s
Date:	29 January 2007
Constellation:	Orion
Imaging Location:	Indialantic, Florida
Camera:	SBIG ST-8XME & CFW-10 Color Filter Wheel
Filters:	Astrodon H-Alpha
Telescope:	Takahashi TSA-102S 4" APO Triplet f/8 (FL = 814mm)
Mount:	Takahashi EM-200 Temma II GEM (12 VDC)
Image Scale:	2.28 arcseconds per pixel
CCD Temperature:	-20 C
H-Alpha Exposures:	60 minutes (10 min. sub-exposures)
Mount Control Software:	The Sky 6.0.0.52
Camera Control Software:	CCDSoft 5.00.182
Focus Control Software:	FocusMax 3.3.15
Executive Control Software:	CCD Commander 1.4.5
Image Evaluation Software:	CCDInspector
Calibration and Stacking Software:	CCDStack
Color Combining and Final Processing Software:	Photoshop CS

Additional Details

Description of the Great Orion Nebula (By Rob Gendler):

http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M42text.html