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CRISTIAN SUCIU
03 Feb 2024
Oriona Nebula (Messier 42)
The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion, and is known as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with apparent magnitude 4.0
Dataset from which the image was processed
M42
15 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 83.8208 Dec -5.3833
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................11 Mar 2023 - 27 Sept 2024
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 350 | 6h25m | 66 |
| Blue | 291 | 5h20m | 66 |
| Red | 309 | 5h35m | 65 |
| Green | 286 | 5h10m | 65 |
| Halpha | 263 | 4h45m | 65 |