Observation by John Bell: M42 short exposure

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John Bell

Observer

John Bell

Observed

2017 Oct 30 - 02:18

Uploaded

2017 Nov 01 - 11:26

Objects

The Orion Nebula (M42)

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h35^m
Dec: -05°20'
Position angle: -3°23'

Field size

1°07' × 1°29'

Equipment

10" f4
modded SonyA7S

Exposure

2 sec iso16000

Location

Haversham, Milton Keynes

Target name

Orion Nebula

Title

M42 short exposure

About this image

Not a very remarkable shot of M42 except the exposure is only 2 seconds! From my m3.5 - 4 back garden.I combined two versions of the same frame. One for the trapezium area and one for the rest to avoid blow out of the centre.

Files associated with this observation

m42-short exposurex.jpg (1.6 MB)

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