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Observations of the Orion Nebula (M42)

Other names The Trapezium Cluster
NGC 1976
LBN 974
Orion A

Object type Open cluster

RA 05h35m

Declination 05°23' S

Constellation Orion

Further information

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M42
Mattia Piccoli
Obs 2024 Nov 03 – 01:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Nov 08 – 22:26 UTC

7 
0 
M42
Anton Matthews
Obs 2024 Oct 31 – 04:27 UTC
Upload 2024 Nov 04 – 16:48 UTC

6 
0 
Orion Nebulae
Iain Cartwright
Obs 2021 Oct 06 – 04:07 UTC
Upload 2024 Oct 15 – 15:30 UTC

2 
0 
M42 Orion Nebula
Ivan Walton
Obs 2024 Jul 29 – 18:47 UTC
Upload 2024 Jul 30 – 11:27 UTC

2 
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M42 and M43 by eyepiec...
Peter Tickner
Obs 2024 Mar 22 – 20:45 UTC
Upload 2024 Mar 23 – 17:48 UTC

5 
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The Orion Nebula
Ella Bryant
Obs 2024 Feb 01 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Feb 06 – 22:57 UTC

2 
0 
M42
Mr Simon Francis Dawes
Obs 2024 Jan 24 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Jan 29 – 15:20 UTC

8 
1 
M42 - The Orion Nebula
John Silver
Obs 2024 Jan 26 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Jan 28 – 19:08 UTC

3 
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M42 - The Orion Nebula
John Silver
Obs 2024 Jan 26 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Jan 28 – 19:04 UTC

5 
0 
The Orion Nebula
Paul G. Abel
Obs 2024 Jan 17 – 21:12 UTC
Upload 2024 Jan 26 – 17:42 UTC

7 
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Orion Constellation
Callum Wingrove
Obs 2024 Jan 18
Upload 2024 Jan 24 – 16:37 UTC

6 
0 
Messier 42 and 43
Alan Snook
Obs 2024 Jan 18 – 20:40 UTC
Upload 2024 Jan 24 – 11:52 UTC

2 
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M42 narrowband
Simon Paul Davis
Obs 2024 Jan 23 – 12:32 UTC
Upload 2024 Jan 23 – 12:35 UTC

4 
0 
M42
Alan Dowdell
Obs 2024 Jan 09 – 21:46 UTC
Upload 2024 Jan 19 – 12:19 UTC

7 
0 
M42 (over processed)
Steve Knight
Obs 2024 Jan 10 – 00:41 UTC
Upload 2024 Jan 17 – 09:12 UTC

3 
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M42
Steve Knight
Obs 2024 Jan 10 – 00:41 UTC
Upload 2024 Jan 14 – 03:04 UTC

2 
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M42 - With new RC
Adam Rawlinson
Obs 2024 Jan 05 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Jan 06 – 17:31 UTC

4 
0 
M42 - Orion Nebula
Mark Fairfax
Obs 2023 Dec 29 – 21:28 UTC
Upload 2023 Dec 30 – 18:14 UTC

3 
0 
NGC1976 - M42 Orion Ne...
Nicholas Freeman
Obs 2023 Dec 22 – 03:08 UTC
Upload 2023 Dec 22 – 15:09 UTC

9 
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M42 - The Orion Nebula
Callum Wingrove
Obs 2023 Dec 19
Upload 2023 Dec 21 – 15:30 UTC

6 
0 
M42 annual pilgrimage
Mark Phillips
Obs 2023 Dec 17 – 03:28 UTC
Upload 2023 Dec 17 – 21:26 UTC

2 
0 
NGC 1977, M43 and M42
Mattia Piccoli
Obs 2023 Dec 16 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Dec 17 – 11:25 UTC

3 
0 
M42 Trapezium region u...
Alun Halsey
Obs 2023 Nov 19 – 00:21 UTC
Upload 2023 Nov 19 – 15:48 UTC

2 
0 
Dust lanes of the Grea...
Peter Tickner
Obs 2023 Nov 15 – 01:14 UTC
Upload 2023 Nov 15 – 22:19 UTC

3 
0 
Orion
Jonathon Elliott
Obs 2023 Nov 06 – 23:20 UTC
Upload 2023 Nov 08 – 07:32 UTC

0 
0 
M42 The Great Orion ne...
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 Nov 05 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2023 Nov 06 – 23:07 UTC

2 
0 
M42 Orion Nebula
Ivan Walton
Obs 2023 Oct 13 – 04:39 UTC
Upload 2023 Oct 13 – 10:27 UTC

2 
0 
M42
Richard Wilkinson
Obs 2023 Mar 05 – 03:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Oct 06 – 20:00 UTC

1 
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M42 Orion Nebula
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 Feb 11 – 22:07 UTC
Upload 2023 Mar 13 – 23:52 UTC

0 
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M42 Orion Nebula
Nicholas Freeman
Obs 2022 Sep 21 – 00:39 UTC
Upload 2023 Feb 26 – 23:42 UTC

11 
0 
Orion+Stones
Grant Privett
Obs 2023 Feb 24 – 00:15 UTC
Upload 2023 Feb 25 – 00:16 UTC

1 
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M42
Anton Matthews
Obs 2023 Feb 13 – 19:35 UTC
Upload 2023 Feb 16 – 14:37 UTC

2 
0 
A closer look at M42
Anton Matthews
Obs 2023 Feb 13 – 21:36 UTC
Upload 2023 Feb 14 – 15:38 UTC

4 
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M42 and Running Man Ne...
Duncan Hale-Sutton
Obs 2023 Feb 08 – 19:25 UTC
Upload 2023 Feb 12 – 21:15 UTC

0 
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M42 Orion Nebula
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 Feb 09 – 21:30 UTC
Upload 2023 Feb 10 – 09:46 UTC

4 
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M42 with a mobile phon...
Anton Matthews
Obs 2023 Feb 09 – 19:35 UTC
Upload 2023 Feb 09 – 21:08 UTC

2 
0 
Spectrum of M42
David Strange
Obs 2023 Feb 07 – 20:22 UTC
Upload 2023 Feb 08 – 20:28 UTC

10 
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M42 - THe Orion Nebula
Callum Wingrove
Obs 2023 Jan 21
Upload 2023 Jan 30 – 17:52 UTC

8 
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The Sword
Paul Whitmarsh
Obs 2023 Jan 21 – 22:09 UTC
Upload 2023 Jan 29 – 21:27 UTC

0 
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M42
AlanM
Obs 2023 Jan 25 – 19:30 UTC
Upload 2023 Jan 27 – 12:42 UTC
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