M42 - Great Orion Nebula

M42 & M43
   
Telescopes: Meade SN-8
Camera: Canon 350D (Hutech Type I modified)
Mount: Losmandy G11 w/Gemini guided by 200mm Takumar Lens on an STV
Exposures: 9 @ 5 min.
Note: Images were focused, reduced, aligned, and combined in ImagesPlus. The final image was adjusted (Curves, Levels) in Photoshop CS2
Also visible is NGC 1973-75-77 (the "Running Man" Nebula), the blue reflection nebulae below M42.
 
   
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