Site and content copyright Robert Allevo 2002-2011
|
M42 |
|
|
|
|
Click on image for 1200x800 resolution |
|
Technical Details |
|
| Optics | 12.5" RCOS operating at f/9 (2857mm) |
| Mount | Paramount ME |
| Camera | Canon 7D DSLR (awesome) |
| Date | March 1, 2011 |
| Exposure | 11 exposures at 30 seconds each |
| Processing | MaximDl, Photoshop CS5 |
| Guiding | ST-10XME - Sky90 |
| Binning | JPEG format - I now realize I should have saved the images in RAW format. |
| Location | My back yard observatory in East Hartland, Ct. |
| Notes |
M42 is about 1500 light years distant. Temperature was 17 deg. and by the time I figured out how to find focus, I gave up after only 11 exposures. It was so cold, my fingers were ready to fall off. |