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Sabahattin Bilsel | all galleries >> astrophotography >> deep sky > The Great Orion Nebula and Companions
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15-JAN-2011 Gölköy, Bodrum, Turkey

The Great Orion Nebula and Companions

The Great Orion Nebula M42 (NGC 1976)
Diffuse Nebula, distance: 1300 LY, app mag: 4.0, app size: 85x60 arcmin
Right Ascension 05 : 35.4 (h:m) ; Declination -05 : 27 (deg:m)

Discovered 1610 by Nicholas C.Fabri de Peiresc. Trapezium cluster which was found as multiple star by Galileo Galilei in 1617, is among the youngest open clusters with stars still forming in this stellar nursery.

De Mairan's Nebula M43 (NGC 1982)
Diffuse Nebula, distance 1300 ly, app mag: 9.0, app size: 20x15 arcmin
Discovered 1731 by Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan, separated from the great nebula by an impressive, turbulent dark lane. M43 surrounds the irregular young "nebula variable" NU Orionis

Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977), NGC 1973 and NGC 1975
Reflection Nebula, app size: 20x16 arcmin
Discovered 1785 by William Herschel, a region of predominately blue reflection clouds of hydrogen.

Quoted from: SEDS

LRGB 42 42 42 42 (9x4min + 6x1min for Trapezium) unguided, 8 darks each, 10 flats each, first image at 19:53 +2
captured and processed with MaximDL 5.09, curves and levels in PS CS2, Color Balance and Sharpening in ACDSee Pro4
FLI ML8300 at -25°C (ambient temp: +11°C, humidity: 60%, SQM: 19.13 mag/arcsec2)
FLI CFW-2-7 Filter Wheel + Baader LRGB Filter Set 50mm
Takahashi FSQ 106ED f/5 Astrograph [NewQ]
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO

cropped to 3x2 aspect ratio


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