Observation by Grant Privett: McNeils Nebula

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Grant Privett

Observer

Grant Privett

Observed

2019 Jan 27 - 23:00

Uploaded

2019 Jan 28 - 23:15

Objects

McNeil's variable nebula

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h46^m
Dec: +00°06'
Position angle: +25°52'

Field size

0°15' × 0°20'

Equipment

Celestron 11" RASA
Starlight 694 mono CCD

Exposure

63x 60s

Location

Salisbury

Target name

McNeil's Nebula

Title

McNeils Nebula

About this image

The vicinity of McNeils nebula shows the merest hint (low SNR) of the two bright spots normally seenat the end of the nebula when its bright.

But even this took some doing. This image is more than an hours worth of imaging on a moonless night using the 11". Not the most transparent night and a bit windy (so no long exposures), but not bad and Orion as high as it gets in the UK.

The main body of M78 is off the top of the frame.

Files associated with this observation

McNeils 20190127 part.jpg (181.9 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, David Swan, Grant Privett, Nick Hewitt, Graham Winstanley, Andy Wilson, Peter Carson

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