Copyright © 2007 Larry Phillips
Orion Nebula, M42 (NGC 1976) and the Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977) in the constellation Orion
Emission and/or reflection nebula
Distance: 1600 light years
Camera: Canon 350D DSLR with Hutech modification
Telescope: Nikon 300mm F4 ED lens exposed at F5.6
Mount: Losmandy G11 with Gemini Control with Advanced Telescope Systems
portable pier with autoguiding via an ST-2000XM CCD thru an Astrophysics
Starfire 130 EDT F8
Images: 10 color images of 5 minutes each for a total of 50 minutes exposure
Date: November 2007
Software: Camera and guider control - CCDSoft, Calibration and stacking in ImagesPlus,
further processing in Photoshop CS2.