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M42 aka Great Orion Nebula in Hubble Palette, 



    
        

            Riccardo A. Ballerini
M42 aka Great Orion Nebula in Hubble Palette
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M42 aka Great Orion Nebula in Hubble Palette

M42 aka Great Orion Nebula in Hubble Palette, 



    
        

            Riccardo A. Ballerini
M42 aka Great Orion Nebula in Hubble Palette
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M42 aka Great Orion Nebula in Hubble Palette

Acquisition details

Dates:
Oct. 25, 2014
Frames:
Baader Planetarium H-alpha 7nm (36mm): 12×600(2h) bin 1×1
Baader Planetarium OIII 8nm 36mm: 12×600(2h) bin 1×1
Baader Planetarium SII 8.5nm 36mm: 12×600(2h) -20°C bin 1×1
Integration:
6h
Avg. Moon age:
1.55 days
Avg. Moon phase:
2.70%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
2.00

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 3569033

RA center: 05h34m36s.7

DEC center: -05°3314

Pixel scale: 2.224 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 181.598 degrees

Field radius: 1.298 degrees

Resolution: 3352x2532

File size: 5.4 MB

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M42 aka Great Orion Nebula in Hubble Palette, 



    
        

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