Observation by John Bell: Orion and environs

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John Bell

Observer

John Bell

Observed

2017 Sep 28 - 23:05

Uploaded

2017 Sep 28 - 23:05

Objects

Betelgeuse
Rigel
The Pleiades (M45)
Barnard's Loop (Sharpless 276)
Widefield

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h19^m
Dec: +13°31'
Position angle: -1°49'

Field size

51° × 49°

Equipment

Sony A7S
Samyang 24mm @f2

Exposure

25 sec

Location

nr Craven Arma, Shropshire

Target name

Area around Orion

Title

Orion and environs

About this image

Milton Keynes dark sky days away. A couple of clear hours on the final night. Much darker than home.

Happy to record part of the Eridanus Bubble - below the Pleiades.

Files associated with this observation

wide orion_DSC4021xx.jpg (1.8 MB)

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Ian Thompson, David Basey, Nick Hewitt, Graham Winstanley, David Swan, Grant Privett, Peter Mulligan, Jeremy Shears, Martin Lewis, Peter Carson

Comments

Ian Thompson, 2017 Oct 17 - 09:19 UTC

That is one truck load of stars! I like it!

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