Object: Region surrounding The Great Orion Nebula - M42 in Orion
Exposure: Composite of three 40-minute exposures
Processing: Negatives scanned at 2700dpi with a Polaroid SprintScan 35 Plus, blended in Picture Window Pro 2.5 and enhanced in Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Telescope: TeleVue 85mm f/7 APO refractor @ f/5.6
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: SBIG ST-4
Film: gas-hypered 35mm Kodak Pro 400(PPF)
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
Date: 9/28/00
Comments: This deep exposure shows the very faint and often non-photographed cloud of nebulosity that surrounds the much brighter nebulas M42, M43, NGC1973-75-77.
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