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Orion Nebula 1st Attempt, 



    
        

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Orion Nebula 1st Attempt
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Orion Nebula 1st Attempt

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Celestron C8
Imaging Cameras
Canon EOS 40D
Mounts
Celestron CGEM

Acquisition details

Dates:
Jan. 2, 2015
Frames:
1×25(25″)
Integration:
25″
Avg. Moon age:
12.19 days
Avg. Moon phase:
92.66%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 490246

RA center: 05h35m17s.8

DEC center: -05°2320

Pixel scale: 1.506 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -168.582 degrees

Field radius: 0.316 degrees

Resolution: 620x483

File size: 184.0 KB

Description

My first attempt at imaging the Orion Nebula.

Single 25s exposure with a Canon 40D through a Celestron C8, processed with Nebulosity.

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Orion Nebula 1st Attempt, 



    
        

            alz