The Great Orion Nebulae, M42
Probably one of the most famous objects on the northern night sky, M42.
I tried to shoot this bright nebulae from my garden, but ran into trouble,
because I just had 20 minutes of time before it dissapeared behind the neighbour house.
M42 was very low and my sky conditions were not good, but I was happy
to at least get my first picture of this fascinating deep sky object.
Equipment:
Teleskope: Meade LX 200 at f/10 - used for guiding only
Reducer: none
Camera: Nikon F3 HP - piggybacked on telescope
Lens: Maksutov Rubinar 500mm
f / Stop: f/5.6
Film: Kodak Elitechrome 200
Exposure: 12 minutes
Conditions: bad (light polution)
Date: December, 2000
© 2001 Aike M. Voelker