The Great Orion Nebula and The Running Man Nebula

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The Great Orion Nebula and The Running Man Nebula

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Hi,
Just finished processing the below image I took this early morning after my observation session yesterday night. The sky was very clear and basically cloudless in Tampines for the whole night till early morning.

The collimation on my Vixen R200SS was not accurate (due to the play of the focuser... now consider to upgrade my focuser), the focusing was not spot on (no 100% live view and 1x view of image in my Canon DSLR) and the wind cause erratic star trails all over my frames, but the final result still look OK... good enough for me. :mrgreen:

The Great Orion Nebula (M42/43) with The Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977)
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The Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977) are the nebula on the right.

Below are the settings:
Camera: Canon 450D Original
Telescope: Vixen R200SS (FL=800mm F4.0) with MPCC on Vixen GPD EQ mount
Images: 70 images x 1 minute exposure @ ISO200 (unguided)

Tonight weather also look good, but very tired now after yesterday imaging cold (24.4°C on my watch digital thermometer) and windy imaging session... so tonight will be my recovery night.

Have a nice day.
Yang Weixing
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Post by Airconvent »

wow...so you were not just looking at the sky at 3am but taking astrophotos.
Nice one weixing!
ps I was at your place downstairs just now attending a dinner...heh heh.
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Nice shot Weixing [smilie=admire.gif]

Clear Skies :>
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Nice photo of orion nebula
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smoooth and clean!
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i like it very much ... :)
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beautifully clear picture. thumbs up (Y)
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Post by kirbyong »

omg so amazing. can teach how to do? :P
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Bro...good job!
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Post by weixing »

Hi,
Thanks for all the compliment.

Hope this coming Friday and Saturday night will be clear.

Have a nice day.
Yang Weixing
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