Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  42 Ori)  ·  43 Ori)  ·  44 Ori)  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star 45 Ori  ·  The star Hatysa (ι Ori  ·  The star Mizan Batil I (c Ori  ·  The star Mizan Batil II (θ2 Ori  ·  The star Trapezium (θ1 Ori A  ·  The star θ1 Ori C  ·  The star θ1 Ori D  ·  the Running Man Nebula
M42 Orion Nebula, Juanjo Romero
M42 Orion Nebula
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M42 Orion Nebula

M42 Orion Nebula, Juanjo Romero
M42 Orion Nebula
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M42 Orion Nebula

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Description

M42, Orion Nebula, is one of the brightest nebulae located south of Orion's belt; is visible to the naked eye
It has a visual magnitude of +4.0 and an apparent size of 85.0x60.0 arcmin. It is located about 1,400 ly from Earth.

Equipment:
OTA TS102 f/5.6, ASI294MM Camera
Ha 6nm and OIII 6nm Astronomik filters with ZWO EFW 7pos
Guiding 60mm f/4 tube + ASI224MC
Focuser ZWO EAF
Pegasus Astro UCH + PPBMicro
HEQ-5 Pro belt drive mount

Picture details:
Subframes: 360s, (Ha:6x, OIII:6x) bin 1, Gain: 125, Temp: -10ºC
Total Exposure: 1h 12min
Software: NINA + CDC + PHD2, PixInsight 1.8.9.

Place:
l'Ampolla (Tarragona, Catalonia - Spain), 2022/12/28

Conditions:
Temp. 7.3°C a 6.35°C, RH: 99%, Bortle 4
Alt: 40°/ 44°/ 37°; Moon at 34% (6.0d)

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M42 Orion Nebula, Juanjo Romero