Here are some of the deep sky images I have taken with my 8 inch reflector telescope (Meade LX90) with equatorial wedge. Paintshop (final processing, filtering). Location: Foster City near San Francisco, California. M42 - the Orion Nebular is the central part of a larger cloud that stretches over several hundred light years and is 1600 light years away. Four young bright stars in the center heat up the surrounding gas clouds causing the nebular to emit light. M42 is a region of active star formation. It consists of a variety of different object types such as emission as well as reflection nebulae and multiple stars resulting in a wealth of colours and details.
Object: M42 (Orion Nebular) Date: 27 October 2003 Time: 06:48 Shutter speed: 10s Aperture: F3.2 Sensitivity: ISO 320 Camera: Casio QV-2900UX Registax: 1 image Eyepiece projection	Object: M42 (Orion Nebular) Date: 28 October 2003 Time: 05:29 Shutter speed: 30s Aperture: F3.2 Sensitivity: ISO 320 Camera: Casio QV-2900UX Registax: 6 images Eyepiece projection
Object: M42 (Orion Nebular) Date: 16 November 2003 Time: 05:36 Shutter speed: 15s Camera: SAC7A Registax: 5 images Prime focus, f/3.3 reducer, light pollution filter, hue adjusted	Object: M42 (Orion Nebular) Date: 16 November 2003 Time: 04:53 Shutter speed: 30s Camera: SAC7A Registax: 4images Prime focus, f/3.3 reducer

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