M42 · ORION & RUNNING MAN DEC 2025
§ DEEP-SKY · TARGET
M42
Orion & Running Man
- TYPE
- Emission nebula + reflection
- CONSTELLATION
- Orion
- DISTANCE
- 1,344 ly
- MAGNITUDE
- +4.0
- APPARENT SIZE
- 85' × 60'
ACQUISITION
DATE
Dec 2025
LOCATION
Columbus, OH · Bortle 5
INTEGRATION
~12h
PALETTE
Broadband
FILTERS
UV/IR cut
First light on the printed OTA. Everything about this image is the story of a scope I didn't fully trust yet, taking a picture of a target that punishes any instrument that doesn't know what it's doing.
§ 01 · PROCESSING
Workflow
- Stacked in PixInsight (WBPP) with calibration frames
- HDR composite from multiple exposure lengths
- StarXTerminator star removal
- BlurXTerminator deconvolution
- NoiseXTerminator noise reduction
§ 02 · GEAR
Equipment
- SCOPE
- 3D-printed 150mm f/5 Newtonian astrograph
- CAMERA
- ASI533MC Pro
- MOUNT
- Proxisky Umis20s
- FILTERS
- UV/IR cut
- GUIDING
- SVBony 60mm guide scope · 22mm mini guide cam · PHD2