Kacper Wierzchos has got this close-up view of M42's nucleus in which it becomes nearly visible the Trapezium. Nebula around it is also visible in red color. This is a high magnification view of the most famous nebula in the sky, made with a small telescope, the Meade ETX-90EC. To capture the faint nebula colors he used a webcam as CCD, Philips Toucam Pro, one of the most versatile for this kind of work.

by Kacper Wierzchos on 2009-05-07 17:08:05 [Original Size] - [Next Image] - [Author's gallery]