| Object | M42- The Great Orion nebula |
| Info |
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| Date | 26/ 10/ 06 |
| Location | BayTop Observatory- Streaky Bay South Australia |
| Instrument | Home built 10" Newtonian (Bob Royce primary) with MPCC coma corrector. System working @ native f4/ 1016 FL 1.35 arcsec/pixel- FOV 23.3x29.4 |
| Mount | Celestron CI700 controlled by a Mel Bartels Goto Control System with Vexta PK264m-01b motors with a pulley and belt system |
| Camera (CCD) | Starlight Xpress HX916 monochrome with Atik manual filter wheel. |
| Exposures | L: 8.6' R:3.3' G:3.3' B:3.3'(rgb's 20 sec subs) Total exposure all images were unbinned, no dark frames removed. Sigma rejection combined. Luminance composite layered to the rgb composite in PS. |
| Guiding |
no guiding necessary. |
| Filters | Astronomik Type II Clear:RGB |
| Notes/ Conditions |
This was my 'first light' image using my home made Newtonian. Conditions improved from earlier on. It still was a little unsettled. FWHM Average= 1.9. |