Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri
Orion on granddaughter’s scope!, Rick_Loughrey
Orion on granddaughter’s scope!
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Orion on granddaughter’s scope!

Orion on granddaughter’s scope!, Rick_Loughrey
Orion on granddaughter’s scope!
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Orion on granddaughter’s scope!

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My granddaughter is fascinated with astronomy (yea!) so I picked up a “first scope” for her for Christmas - a Meade ETX-70. We set it up completing the two star alignment and picked M42 as our first GOTO. I was pleased when the little scope pulled Orion right in to center view! We watched for a while and did not see any drift so... why not attach my DSLR and try for a first DSO pic? We pulled 30 minutes of 15 second subs - not a bad picture for this little scope! Needless to say my granddaughter was shocked - this picture is now framed on her bedroom wall!

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Orion on granddaughter’s scope!, Rick_Loughrey