M42 - The Orion Nebula
Without any doubt my favourite image as of yet! I actually had no plans to try to capture the orion nebula this night, but when I saw that orion had rised so much it was impossible to resist! Thanks to the hard winds (10m/s) it was impossible to take any long exposures, but even with this short exposure I think it came out pretty well. I had hoped at least some colour would come out, but it just turned out black and white. Oh well, I'll try to do better next time!
Date: 2006-11-14 / 19:46:36 UTC
Location: Linköping, Sweden
Temperature: 5 °C
Telescope: Meade N6-AT (6" Newtonian)
Camera: Meade DSI-C
Mount: Meade LXD-75
Exposure time: 14 X 21 sec
Processing: Shadow enhanced