M42 | The Orion Nebula
Details
The Orion Nebula is one of the most famous objects in the night sky, even people who have nothing to do with this hobby might have heard of it. Because of its size and brightness it is one of the first objects that every astrophotographer will photograph. The Orion Nebula is one of the only objects in the sky that has such a high dynamic range that you need several exposures of different lengths to show everything in the nebula.
Recording
Camera
Sony a7s astromodified
Lens/Telescope
APM 152/1200 LZOS Refractor
Tripod/Mount
Homemade fork mount
Filter
No filtering on this shot
Exposure
147 x 120 seconds + 50 x 10 seconds (For the center) (5h)
Editing
Stacked and calibrated with flats, darks and bias in Astropixelprocessor
Edited with Pixinsight and Photoshop