M42 “ Orion Nebula”
Orion · 17 / 1/2009 - 21:50 UTC · Celestron C11 f/10
About the target
The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula (opens in a new tab) situated south of Orion’s Belt (opens in a new tab). It is one of the brightest nebulae (opens in a new tab), and is visible to the naked eye (opens in a new tab) in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344 ± 20 light years (opens in a new tab)and is the closest region of massive star formation (opens in a new tab) to Earth (opens in a new tab). 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.
Text from Wikipedia.
© Nikos Paschalis
Observing log
- 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 %