<< Back to gallery

Photographer:

Jim Tomaka

Location of Photo:

Alamogordo, NM

Date/Time of photo:

3/5/10 9:40 PM MT

Equipment:

Celestron 6inch SCT @ f/6.3 unguided on a CG-5 mount. 30 x 30sec exposuress using an unmodified Canon Rebel XSI (ISO 400) stacked using Nebulosity 2.0, touched up using Phooshop 7.0

Description:

The Orion nebula (M42) is a star-forming region about 1340 light years away in the constellation Orion (the Hunter). The image illusrates what can be accomplished with a minimum of equipment.

Website:

www.astronomersgroup.org

Comments


You must be logged in to post a comment.