Rian-Pascal Bergen

Messier 42, or Orion Nebula, Taken 20211108-20211109 & 20211115-20211117

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A beautiful shot of the Orion nebula and Running Man Nebula. The Trapezium is well resolved, and the colors are just gorgeous. I even managed to tease out the dust clouds in the background, though I hope to do a better job next year.

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Equipment

Telescope/Lens: Meade 70 mm Series 6000 Astrograph Quadruplet APO Refractor

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-PRO

Guiding Scope: ZWO Mini Guide Scope

Guiding Camera: ZWO ASI290MM

Mounts: Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro

Filters: Chroma 2" LRGB, Chroma 2" H-Alpha (3nm), Chroma 2" OIII (3nm)

Accessories: ZWO EFW 7x2", Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox, Astrozap AstroStrap 70mm Dew Heater

Software: N.I.N.I, PHD2, Deep Sky Stacker, Adobe Photoshop 2021, StarNet++

Storage Devices and Computers used are not mentioned here.

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Location, Weather, and Acquisition

All data was taken from my Bortel 4 backyard. Location was within a 15-mile radius of Comer, Georgia (USA) (34.0637° N, 83.1254° W). Weather data was not recorded. Some Acquisition Data may be missing.

Date	Temperature	Humidity	Average Moon Phase
2021-11-08 - 2021-11-09	N/A	N/A	Waxing Crescent (20.1%)
2021-11-15 - 2021-11-16	N/A	N/A	Waxing Gibbous (87.9%)
2021-11-16 - 2021-11-17	N/A	N/A	Waxing Gibbous (93.5%)

Date	Filter	F-Ratio	Gain/ISO	Exposure Time	Number of Exposures
2021-11-08 - 2021-11-09	R	f/5	Gain 139, Offset 21	10	70
2021-11-08 - 2021-11-09	G	f/5	Gain 139, Offset 21	10	70
2021-11-08 - 2021-11-09	B	f/5	Gain 139, Offset 21	10	50
2021-11-13 - 2021-11-15	H-Alpha	f/5	Gain 139, Offset 21	30	120
2021-11-13 - 2021-11-15	H-Alpha	f/5	Gain 139, Offset 21	300	39
TOTAL INTEGRATION	HARGB	f/5	N/A	4H 46M 40S	349

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