M42-3-19-2014, 



    
        

            Bob Hufnagel

M42-3-19-2014

Acquisition details

Dates:
March 19, 2014
Frames:
IDAS LPS P2 : 21×90(31′ 30″) ISO800 bin 1×1
Integration:
31′ 30″
Darks:
21
Avg. Moon age:
17.45 days
Avg. Moon phase:
92.07%

Resolution: 620x415

File size: 134.7 KB

Locations: Backyard Observatory in Skyshed Pod, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Description

M42 is a popular subject for astrophotographers, because it is bright, close, very colorful, and well placed in the sky. I often refer to it as "our baby picture", since a look at our part of the sky over 4 billion years ago would have showed something like this. Maybe someone, somewhere has such a picture. (We all keep those baby pictures way too long.)

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M42-3-19-2014, 



    
        

            Bob Hufnagel