ScienceDownEast | ScienceDownEast Astrophotography | S30 | M42 (Orion Nebula)
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The Orion Nebula (M42, NGC 1976) is a diffuse emission nebula in the constellation Orion and the closest large region of massive star formation to Earth, at a distance of roughly 1,300-1,350 light-years. It is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye and spans about 25 light-years, powered by the intense ultraviolet radiation of the young Trapezium star cluster embedded at its heart. The nebula's...
Total image time was 3 hours and 37 minutes.
The Orion Nebula (M42, NGC 1976) is a diffuse emission nebula in the constellation Orion and the closest large region of massive star formation to Earth, at a distance of roughly 1,300-1,350 light-years. It is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye and spans about 25 light-years, powered by the intense ultraviolet radiation of the young Trapezium star cluster embedded at its heart. The nebula's...
Total image time was 3 hours and 37 minutes.
| Moon Phase | Waning Gibbous | |||||||||||||||||
| Camera | Seestar S30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Optics | 150 mm focal length, f/5, 30 mm aperture (APO triplet) | |||||||||||||||||
| Filter | LP | |||||||||||||||||
| Binning | 1.x1. | |||||||||||||||||
| Stacking | StackingWizard, 225 of 251 frames stacked | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | 2025-12-08 | |||||||||||||||||
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