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M42 - Orion Nebula Deep Field

Orion Nebula Deep Field

Technical Details:

Subject: M42, Orion Nebula

Instrument: Astro Physics 7-inch f/7.0 EDF Refractor

Instrument: Nikon 300mm f/2.8 EDIF Lens

Platform: Astro Physics 1200 German equatorial mount

Exposure: 1 X 70 minutes

Exposure: 7 X 30 minutes, hydrogen alpha

Film: Kodak PPF 400

CCD: SBIG ST10E

Photographer: John Gleason, Celestial Images

Notes: Original Kodak PPF 400 negative scanned as a transparency onto Kodak ProPhoto CD. No masking performed to preserve highlight details in the bright core of the Orion nebula. Color balance and curves stretch in PhotoShop to enhance faint details of molecular cloud surrounding brighter portions of the nebula. Further exposure enhancement by combining Hydrogen alpha CCD image to reveal fainter, background nebula.

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Last updated: 02/21/03

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