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
M 42, 



    
        

            Thomas
M 42
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M 42, 



    
        

            Thomas
M 42
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Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Pentax 125 SDP
Imaging Cameras
Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Acquisition details

Dates:
March 23, 2018
Frames:
12×5000(16h 40′)
Integration:
16h 40′
Avg. Moon age:
6.15 days
Avg. Moon phase:
37.01%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 2012662

RA center: 05h35m02s.4

DEC center: -05°1619

Pixel scale: 1.641 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 316.443 degrees

Field radius: 1.422 degrees

Resolution: 5191x3461

File size: 3.3 MB

Locations: Roque-de-los-Muchachos, Puntagorda, Spain

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M 42, 



    
        

            Thomas