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 1982  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri
M42 - Orion's Nebula, 



    
        

            Jon M. Sales
M42 - Orion's Nebula
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M42 - Orion's Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
M42 - Orion's Nebula, 



    
        

            Jon M. Sales
M42 - Orion's Nebula
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M42 - Orion's Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Apertura 60EDR
Imaging Cameras
Canon EOS 1000D / Rebel XS / Kiss F
Mounts
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Software
Astrophotography Tool
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
APT-GS60 (Apertura 60GS)
Guiding Cameras
ZWO ASI120MM-S

Acquisition details

Dates:
Nov. 22, 2019
Frames:
12×120(24′)
Integration:
24′
Avg. Moon age:
24.99 days
Avg. Moon phase:
21.55%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 3122719

RA center: 05h35m11s.8

DEC center: -05°2201

Pixel scale: 1.630 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 151.882 degrees

Field radius: 0.806 degrees

Resolution: 2124x2856

File size: 1.6 MB

Data source: Backyard

Description

M42 and sister nebula

Comments

Revisions

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    Original
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    B
  • Final
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    C

B

Description: Stacking artifacts in the last render fixed and color calibrated...

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C

Description: Finally starting to get some good images....

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M42 - Orion's Nebula, 



    
        

            Jon M. Sales