M42 - The Great Orion Nebula

This picture was taken in February, 2014 - Cristais - Minas Gerais - Brazil.

Technical data
ISO 800, total exposure of 55m (11 subs), darks, flats and biases applied.

Equipment
- Equatorial Mount Orion Atlas EQ-G
- Refractor Triplet Meade 80mm APO F6
- Canon DSLR 500D unmodded
- Auto guided with Orion Starshoot and Refractor Orion 80mm
- Astro-Tech Field Flattener 2"

Software
Capture: BackyardEOS
Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5

Ps: Stars's spikes were created by crossed wire in front of refractor!