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Orion Nebula

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Revisited the Orion Nebula M42. This time with the mighty (comparing to to WO Z61 MK2) Takahashi TSA-120N. M42 is a very bright nebula so it is fairly straightforward to image overall. The most tricky part is probably the Trapezium region where care must be taken in order to prevent overexposure. I managed to get a few hours of LRGB data before the clouds kicked in. Applied a PixInsight HDR trick I learned from the internet to process the Trapezium cluster region.

Integrated image
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  • Telescope: Takahashi TSA-120N
  • Camera: ZWO ASI294MM Pro
  • Mount: iOptron CEM40
  • Filters: ZWO LRGB 31mm
  • Post Processing: Astro Pixel Processor + PixInsight
  • Total Integration time: 2h 30'

Check out the photo on my Astrobin