Observation by David Basey: Meteor & M42

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David Basey

Observer

David Basey

Observed

2017 Feb 13 - 20:45

Uploaded

2017 Feb 14 - 14:09

Objects

The Orion Nebula (M42)
Meteor

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h37^m
Dec: -05°12'
Position angle: -7°56'

Field size

5°20' × 3°34'

Equipment

Canon 1000D
Vixen Polarie tracker

Exposure

1x60s 250mm Canon zoom lens @f5.6 1600ASA

Target name

Meteor & M42

Title

Meteor & M42

About this image

While checking the individual uncropped frames for the M42 image I discovered this one with a lucky meteor.

Very little processing done on this single image.

Files associated with this observation

Meteorj.jpg (672.0 kB)

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Mr Leonard Entwisle, Jeremy Shears, Graham Winstanley, Dawson, Dr Ollie Garrett, Peter Carson, Robert James Stuart, James dean

Comments

Dawson, 2017 Feb 16 - 06:45 UTC

Nice to see M42 imaged with such a short focal length, and great incidental capture too.

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