[LVAS] Orion Nebula

[Jim Gianoulakis]

Great start Shawn. I use a product from ccdware called PEMPRO that has a polar alignment routine automating drift alignment. Very effective and you can get a fully functional 30 day trial here.
 
http://www.ccdware.com/products/pempro/ 

>>> Shawn Mann <shawn.mann at gmail.com> 11/17/2009 4:45 PM >>>
Hey guys! Just wanted to share one of the results I have gotten from my astro-photography setup that I have asked about on here before. 

For the curious:

This is one one minute shot of the Orion Nebula. I did some processing with "Astronomy Tools" by Noel Carboni (http://actions.home.att.net/Astronomy_Tools_For_Full_Version.html), mainly eliminating the light pollution, and creating a false Hydrogen-Alpha filter to overlay for better color. Now I need to practice better polar alignment so I can get rid of the annoying field rotation!

Setup:

Unguided
Sky-Watcher Equinox 80
Sky-Watcher EQ5 Mount
Nikon D40

Thanks for the help guys!

Shawn Mann

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