Wallpaper author:
Astro Dinsk
25 Sept 2021
The Orion Nebula (M 42, NGC 1976, Sh-2 281)
The Orion Nebula (M 42, NGC 1976, Sh-2 281) is an emission and reflection nebula, as well as a star-forming region in the constellation Orion. It has an apparent brightness of about 4m, which makes it not only visible to the naked eye, but also the brightest diffuse nebula and one of the brightest objects in deep space.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M42
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 83.8221 Dec -5.3911
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................07 Nov 2019 - 25 Mar 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 40 | 58m | 86 |
| Luminance | 50 | 1h12m | 86 |
| Red | 25 | 36m | 85 |
| Blue | 24 | 34m | 85 |
| Halpha | 123 | 2h54m | 85 |