Deep Sky
M42
NGC 1976
Capture date: Sep 27, 2026
About the image
My first photograph of the Orion Nebula (M42) captured through a telescope. The image was created from 80 light frames at 60 seconds each, ISO 400, giving a total integration time of 1 hour 20 minutes. The session also included a complete calibration set: 20 dark frames, 20 bias frames and 40 flat frames. Guiding was used during the acquisition.
Capture details
- Guiding
- Yes
- Total integration
- 1 h 20 min
- Filters
- None
Observing session 1 — Sep 27, 2026
Vienna
- Frames
- 80
- Exposure
- 80 × 60 s
- ISO
- 400
- Integration time
- 1 h 20 min
Total integration: 1 h 20 min
Equipment
- Telescope
- Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED DS Pro
- Camera
- Nikon D3400
- Mount
- Explore Scientific iEXOS-100 PMC-Eight
- Guiding camera
- ZWO ASI120MM Mini
- Guide scope
- SVBONY SV165
Processing
Adobe Lightroom / Siril