M42 | The Orion Nebula
Details
The Orion Nebula is one of the best known objects in the night sky, even people who have nothing to do with this hobby may have heard of it. Due to 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/mounting
Self-made fork mount
Filter
No filtering for 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