Mark Phillips
Ian Smith
Andrew Farrow
M42 Peter Black CPC 800, Atik414 EX, Hyperstar
Orion Nebula from Kielder (Jonathan Cowe) 30/10/2019
M 42 Nebula (Great Orion) Orion (Hugh C. Somerville)
Tue 7th Sep 2021
M42 – The Orion Nebula (Pat Devine)
October 31st – starting 01:50 BST
Edinburgh Bortle 8 zone
Celestron RASA 8″
ZWO 183mc pro
ZWO EAF
Optolong L-Pro filter
ZWO air pro
Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
20*60s lights; with flats, darks and bias
Gain 122 at -10C
Processed in APP and Pixinsight
M42, Orion Nebula (Pat Devine)
November 14th starting 00:02
Edinburgh Bortle 8 zone
Celestron RASA 8, ZWO 183mc pro, ZWO EAF, IDAS NBZ filter, ZWO air pro, Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
60*60S, 40*30s,40*10s,40*5 S lights, with flats, darks and bias. Gain 122 at -10C
Processed in APP , Pixinsight and Photoshop
Multiple exposures to try and bring out more detail in the core.
Orion Nebula(
William Bonar)
05/12/2021
Unistellar Equinox
Orion and the Running Man (William Bonar)
Combination of data November, 102ED Refractor, SVBony 305Pro Guide Camera, PHD2, APT, ICE and GIMP
Orion (William Bonar)
13/12/21
Unistellar Equinox / Gimp
M42 The Orion Nebula (andrew Farrow)
Taken on 8th Jan 2022
4sec exposures for 604 secs total exposures
Using a Meade 8” scope on EQ6 pro mount
Atik Infinity camera with 0.67 reducer.
Thin cloud
M42 Orion Nebula (Peter Black)
25 Minutes eQuinox, some Lightroom and Flickr adjustment
M42 (William Bonar)
Autostack_orion_DBE
M42 (Pat Devine)
10s exposures
January 20th 2022
Edinburgh Bortle 8 zone
Celestron RASA 8″
ZWO 183mc pro
ZWO EAF
Optolong l-pro
ZWO air pro
Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
96 x 10s lights with flats, darks and bias
Gain 122 at -10C
Processed in APP , Pixinsight and Photoshop
trying out short exposures.
M42 and Running Man (nigel goodman)
200122 102ED 294C 0.75 red. LProMax 120s 121g 30ofs -20C x 34 (1 of 1)
Late decision to put the scope out to take advantage of a clear period. Chose the target because it was pointing away from the bright rising Moon. Only managed 34 frames of 120s before the target crossed the Meridian
M42 (Andrew Farrow)
20.1.22
ES 127mm Scope with Atik Infinity camera and 0.67 FR
10secsx440secs
M42 (Greig Louden)
Redcat 51, ASI 533 Mc-Pro
IDAS LP filter
4th Nov 2021
50x120s images stacked in APP.
Processed in PI
Orion Nebula (Fran Goodman)
Taken using a Nikon mirror less and Skywatcher Adventurer
Messier 42 (Orion Nebula) (Jonathan Anderson)
01/03/2022
SW 130PDS on HEQ5pro
Canon 700D (unmod) @ 800ISO
83X60s, darks, flats, bias
DSS and GIMP
M42 Orion Nebula (harveys art)
Capture Details.
300s_OIII_Lpro-RGB-session_1
Telescope ts-photon 6″ f/4 advanced Newtonian
Camera – ASI 533MC
Mount – Ioptron Gem NUC
Exposure _ 36 x 300s
Filter L-pro Max
Calibration- Darks, Flats & Bias
Processing- APP, Afinity Photo
M42 (William Bonar)
20221008-041309-Star_Spikes-Edit
Added Star Diffraction Spikes and Trial Run of Star Tools for Photoshop.
M42 (William Bonar)
M42_20221008-041309
M42 (William Bonar)
SW72ED
AST533MM
Optolong 6.5nm Ha,SII, OII filters
M42 (Pat Devine)
Data from December 11th 2022
Celestron RASA 8″
ZWO183mc pro
ZWO EAF
IDAS NBZ filter
ZWO air pro
Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
60x 30s, 120 x 1s/2s , 30*5s Lights, Flats , Darks and Bias.
Gain 122 at -10C
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop
M42 4-pane mosaic (Mark Phillips)
Annual pilgrimage to M42. This time a 4-pane mosaic and an R-photometric filter.
250mm f4.8 Newtonian, MPCC
Atik 460Ex @-10°C
R filter
10x180s each pane
Captured in NINA
Processed in APP, Photoshop
M42 (Harvey’s Art)
Hubble Pallet Variation 2
Data during 13,15/Nov/22
27 Lights 5mins each.
Stc Duo filter 11 X 4s 11 X 8s, 8 X 19s
SII filter – ?quantity X 300s
Telescope Ts-photon 6″ f/4,
Mount Ioptron GEM45NUC
Camera ASI533MC. gain 101 offset 40
Pre process APP, post Affinity Photo
M42 (Harvey’s Art)
Hubble Pallet Variation 1
Data during 13,15/Nov/22
27 Lights 5mins each.
Stc Duo filter 11 X 4s 11 X 8s, 8 X 19s
SII filter – ?quantity X 300s
Telescope Ts-photon 6″ f/4,
Mount Ioptron GEM45NUC
Camera ASI533MC. gain 101 offset 40
Pre process APP, post Affinity Photo.
M42 (Pat Devine)
Second set of data on M42 Data from December 11th 2022
Celestron RASA 8″
ZWO183mc pro
ZWO EAF
IDAS NBZ filter
ZWO air pro
Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
60x 30s, 120 x 1s/2s , 30*5s Lights, Flats , Darks and Bias.
Gain 122 at -10C
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop
M42 (Andrew Farrow)
taken 17.1.23.
Focus not so good
Meade 8″ with 0.67 reducer and Atik Infinity camera
20 secs exposures for 760 secs
Lightroom and DeNoise
M42 (Pat Devine)
Lpro
Jan 16th 2023
Celestron RASA 8″
ZWO183mc pro
ZWO EAF
Optolong L-Pro
ZWO air pro
Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
50x 30s, 30*5s Lights, Flats , Darks and Bias.
Gain 122 at -10C
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop and GraXpert
Orion Nebula (Jonathan Anderson)
130PDS Newt on HEQ5pro
Canon 600D (mod) w Astronomik CLS filter
270 x 30″ = 135mins @ ISO800
Darks, flats and bias
DSS stack & GIMP stretch
20/01/2023
M42 (Michael McGovern)
M42 taken on 25th January 2023. 18 x 90s lights and 50 x flats, dark flats and darks. SW Esprit 100ED, ZWO ASI294MC Pro, NINA, APP and StarTools.
M42 – Great Nebula in Orion (Peter Black)
10 minutes eQuinox, Lightroom, de-noise.