Infrared M42

Shot with 742nm Astronomik Filter 5 x 30 minute exposures Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED with CAA Mount: Astro-physics Mach1 GTO Guider: Meade DSI Pro through Astrodon MMOAG, with 2 Px Dither CCD: Finger Lakes Instruments ML11002 CCD, with 65mm shutter Fiter Wheel: Finger Lakes Instruments CFW-2-7 Filters: Astronomik Proplanet 742 Software: MaximDL, Registar, Photoshop CS3 with Carboni & GXT Location: Light polluted back yard in El Paso, Texas Polar Alignment: PoleAlignMax

742nm IR+Ha on M42

A Bicolor process of M42 shot in Ha and combined with 742nm IR data Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED with CAA Mount: Astro-physics Mach1 GTO Guider: Meade DSI Pro through Astrodon MMOAG, with 2 Px Dither CCD: Finger Lakes Instruments ML11002 CCD, with 65mm shutter Fiter Wheel: Finger Lakes Instruments CFW-2-7 Filters: Astrodon 3nm Ha, Astronomik Proplanet 742 Software: MaximDL, Registar, Photoshop CS3 with Carboni & GXT Location: Light polluted back yard in El Paso, Texas Polar Alignment: PoleAlignMax