Core of M42 and Trapezium Stars
Roland Christen submitted this interesting and highly detailed image of the core of M42 taken with an ST-10E
camera and CFW8 filter through an AP 10" F14.6 Mak-Cassegrain at prime focus.   The image is noteworthy not only for its
resolution of the trapezium stars, but also for the excellent display of the great dynamic range included in the wholeframe
The trapezium area is on the order of 100X brighter than the dark red areas of the image.   The final image consists of 3
sets each of LRGB images of 10, 60 and 300 sec duration.  The shorter exposures were blended on top of the longer
ones to allow the outer portions of the nebula to be seen without burning in the inner detail.

Click here to see a reduced 1473 x 924 resolution image (555 K).

Click here o see the full 2120 x 1331 resolution image (2.2 M).

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