Messier 42 in Narrowband (H-Alpha and O-III)

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This image was taken with my FLT-132 on the GM-2000 with an OAG

Camera was a Atik 16HR, Guidingcam was the Meade DSI I



Complete Picture:

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3474/m42u.jpg

Exposure Times:

H-ALpha 7nm (Baader Planetarium) (10x15s, 10x30s, 10x60s, 10x180s, 10x300 and 10x600s)

O-III 8nm (Baader Planetarium) (10x15s, 10x30s, 10x60s, 10x180s, 10x300 and 10x600s)

The green channel was synthesized on a method created by Steve Cannistra (http://www.starrywonders.com/bicolortechniquenew.html)

Place and Time:

Gilching, 20km WSW Munich, December 2009

Enjoy this picture

Thomas