M42

Seen with the Running Man Nebula on the left.

IMAGING DATA
Optical train: AP130 EDF GT + AP flattner + IDAS/LPS filter
Mount: Meade LXD75
Guiding: B&L 80/800 SCT guidescope + SPC900NC + PHD
Camera: Canon 1000D (modded and peltier cooled)
Frames: 21 lights 6 min. ea. @iso400, and 10 lights 6 min. ea. @iso100 for the core, all calibrated with 30 darks/bias/flats.
Processing: DSS + PI LE + Photoshop
Date: 2010-12-05
Place: General Pacheco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Seeing & transparency: average

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