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M42

Image taken at Swan Reach, South Australia

Equipment - 300mm OOUK AG12 Newtonian with Wynne corrector, ZWO 6200MM, Software Bisque PME

Guiding - ZWO 120 Mini guider

Software - NINA andSkyX

LHaRGB 21.4 hours

Processed in CCDstack 2, Pixinsight and Photoshop CS6

Object -M42 is located in the constellation of Orion at a distance 1344 light years. It is some 24 light years across and a mass of around 2000 solar masses. .

 

 

 

 

  

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