M 42, the Great Orion Nebulae

M42.jpg (88518 Byte)

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SBIG ST7 E
25x1s, blind guided
Pollux 0.8m azimutal mounted telescope
3557mm (=140 inch) f/4.44
none
3-lens Wynne corrector
1.8 arc seconds
slight deconvolution, unsharp mask
near full  moon
Philipp Keller, Christian Fuchs

We made about 40 exposures and used the best 25 of them. Seeing was quite good regarding the fact that we don't have a good altitude here for M42.

 

M42ddp_s.jpg (17408 Byte)

 Check out the same image with DDP (AIP for Windows). The Trapez region is clearly resolved.

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