Deep Sky
M42
NGC 1976
Capture date: Dec 25, 2025
About the image
M42 has a special place in this portfolio - it was the first nebula I photographed. Captured in December 2025 at 300 mm without guiding, it became one of my first steps into deep-sky astrophotography.
Capture details
- Guiding
- No
- Total integration
- 41 min 40 s
- Filters
- None
Observing session 1 — Dec 25, 2025
Vienna, Austria
- Frames
- 100
- Exposure
- 100 × 25 s
- ISO
- 800
- Integration time
- 41 min 40 s
Total integration: 41 min 40 s
Equipment
- Lens
- Sigma 70–300 mm F4–5.6 DG Macro
- Camera
- Nikon D3400
- Mount
- Explore Scientific iEXOS-100 PMC-Eight
Processing
Adobe Lightroom / Siril