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Great Orion Nebula
M42 · Deep Sky · Nebula
Photographed by Macastronomer
Imaging summary
- Telescope / lens
- Explore Scientific ED127
- Camera
- Pegasus SmartEye
- Focal length
- 952 mm
- Location
- Lanesboro, MN
- Captured
- September 14, 2026
About this photograph
Great Orion Nebula
Astronomical target
- Target name
- Great Orion Nebula
- Catalog designation
- M42
Acquisition
- Acquisition start date
- 2026-09-14
- Acquisition end date
- 2026-09-14
- General location (public)
- Lanesboro, MN
- Additional notes
- 90 subs of 15 seconds each utilizing one shot color plus narrowband. Normally, either the center of the Orion Nebula, where the trapezium is, is either blown out (saturated) or the surrounding area is under-exposed. I balanced this by processing the image twice, creating my own HDR (High Dynamic Range) image.
Copyright and license
- Copyright holder
- Duane Deal
- License
- Free to use with credit
- Rights notes
- Free to use but give credit to Duane Deal
Optics
- Telescope or lens
- Telescope
- Optics manufacturer
- Explore Scientific
- Optics model
- ED127
- Aperture (mm)
- 127
- Effective focal length (mm)
- 952
- Effective focal ratio
- 7.5
Camera
- Camera manufacturer
- Pegasus
- Camera model
- SmartEye
- Camera type
- Astro