Astrophotography by Walt Davis

Wide field view of M42 (Orion Nebula), M43 (De Mairan's Nebula), and NGC1977 (). These object are part of the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. They are located below the belt of the Orion Constellation. One of the most famous and beautiful set of objects in the entire night sky. This photo was taken with a Nikon D70 and 600mm f4 ED lens. By Walt Davis.

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Object Information

Name: M42, M43, and NGC1977.
Type: Mixed Deep Space Object
Description: Wide field view of M42 (Orion Nebula), M43 (De Mairan's Nebula), and NGC1977 (). These object are part of the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. They are located below the belt of the Orion Constellation. One of the most famous and beautiful set of objects in the entire night sky. This photo was taken with a Nikon D70 and 600mm f4 ED lens.
Magnitude: M42 (30), M43 (5.5), NGC1977  (30)
Size: M42 (65 x 65), M43 (68.7 x 41.6), NGC1977 (20 x 20) as measured in arcminutes.
Related Photos: none

References:

M42 - Orion Nebula
M43 - De Mairan's Nebula
NGC1977 - Running Man
Orion Molecular Cloud Complex
The Orion Constellation
Nebula
Google Images
Acquisition

Location:

Latitude 44.841N by Longitude -122.869W at an elevation of 87 meters.
Aumsville, Oregon USA

Date:

 September 4, 2008

Zone: -8 (Pacific Standard Time)
Equipment

Imager:

Nikon D70

OTA:

Nikkor 600mm f4 ED super telephoto lens
Barlow: none
Platform: 2X Super Modified Nikon Imaging Platform
Guiding: Orion StarShoot DSCI II, Nikkor 300mm f2.8 ED lens, and MaxIm DL Essentials.
Imaging
Mode: Mode 2
White Balance: Sunlight

Color Space:

sRGB
Format: RAW (3008 x 2000)

Light frames:

24 x (30 Sec  @ ISO 800), 7 x (150 Sec @ ISO 200)

Darks:

none

Flats:

none
Filters: Nikon 39mm UV/IR
Mask: none
f-stops: f4
FOV: 136 x 89 arcminutes
Scale: 2.71 arcseconds per pixel
Software: Nikon Capture 4 Control
Image Processing

Stacking:

Deep Sky Stacker 3.2.1

Combined:

Average
Processing: PhotoShop CS3, Astronomy Tools CS2 V1.5, New Astro Zone System, Noiseware Professional Plugin.
Notes

none

Copyright © 2008 Walt L. Davis All Rights Reserved