M42 (H-alpha)


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M42 (H-alpha): This image was "second" light for the telescope and camera on the roof of Sitter Family Hall on the Fort Lewis campus.

Messier: 42
NGC: 1976
Right Ascension: 5hr 35.4m
Declination: -5° 27'
Apparent Magnitude: 4

Date: February 2022
Equipment:
Telescope: Planewave 14" CDK (Corrected Dall-Kirkham)
Camera: SBIG STX-16803
Guiding: Orion 80mm" refractor/Starshoot/PHD2

Exposure: AstroDon 5nm H-alpha: 10x30s

Processing Notes: All data was captured using TheSkyX. The data was reduced and aligned in CCDStack. The median combined file was imported to Fits Liberator, a arcsine stretch was applied, and then the file was saved as TIFF(view) files and imported into Photoshop. Dim areas got a gaussian blur. This will be one of three narrow band files used to create the color image.
Scale: 1.45

Additional Comments: More M42 images are available by searching this site for M42. RGB Color, IR 3 color, and individual narrow band channels are shown.

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