Wallpaper author:
John Tipton
15 Apr 2022
Orion's Belt and Sword
This two panel mosaic covers an area of 8.2 by 5.1 degrees in the center of Orion. Used 30s data for the Trapezium area within M42 to replace the burned out area from the primary 600s data.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M42
6 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 83.8221 Dec -5.3911
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................25 Jan 2020 - 12 Dec 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 54 | 1h46m | 118 |
| Luminance | 26 | 51m | 118 |
| Red | 37 | 1h12m | 117 |
| Blue | 23 | 45m | 117 |
| Green | 24 | 46m | 117 |