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Object
............................................ M 42 - " The Great
Orion Nebula"
Constellation .............................. Orion
Distance + Ap. Magnitude....... 1600 Light Years - 5.0
Date + Time ............................... 17 / 1/2009 -
21:50 UTC
Location .................................... "Nunki
Observatory" - Skiathos
Optics .........................................
Celestron
C11 f/10
Tools .......................................... CCDsoft
Camera ..................................... Canon Eos
50D - Unmodified
Exposure Time.......................
15 min total at 400 &800 iso
More Details ...........................
Environment Temperature : ---- Camera Temperature ----
Mount ....................................... Paramount
ME
Guiding .................................... Unguided
Processing Details ................ Photoshop ,
Maxim , CCDsoft
Notes ........................................ Weather:
Weather:7/10 - Transparence: 3/6 - Humidity : 87 %
Target details .........................
The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42,
M42, or NGC 1976) is a
diffuse nebula situated south of
Orion's Belt. It is one of the brightest
nebulae,
and is visible to the
naked eye in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of
1,344 ± 20
light years
and is the closest region of massive
star formation to
Earth.
The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across. It has a
mass of about 2000 times the mass of the Sun. Older texts frequently
referred to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or
the Great Orion Nebula. |
