astrophoto... M-42

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Wonderful...amazing!

nice shot! You captured the NGC objects to the left of M42 also.

This is really nice with great detail and contrast in the dim regions a nice round stars even in the corners of the frame but the higher magnitude stars show coma. It must be a guiding error. The color separation in the nebula is among the best I've seen and I love in this large field you're able to include the companion nebula. So did you guide with the Meade and shoot this through the Canon mounted piggy-back on the scope? I've heard of image stacking in CCD devices but here do you have 12 separate exposures which you then combine in the computer with software?

Molto molto bella!! Complimenti

George, how do you keep your camera pointed at the same spot on the sky while taking a very long exposure? I assume, you have some guiding system? Tell me more please about how you do it and what equipment (besides the camera) you need?

pieter@van.pelt.nl

This is, as all your images are, simply excellent!