Observation by Graeme Coates: The Sword

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Graeme Coates

Observer

Graeme Coates

Observed

2021 Jan 14 - 00:00

Uploaded

2021 Mar 29 - 12:18

Objects

The Orion Nebula (M42)
M43
Sharpless 279
IC4200
IC4283
NGC1981
NGC1973
NGC1975
The Running Man (NGC1977)
The Orion Nebula (M42)
NGC1980
M43
NGC1981

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h35^m
Dec: -05°16'
Position angle: -4°55'

Field size

1°51' × 2°29'

Equipment

Skywatcher Esprit 80ED
MI-250
STF8300M
Baader Filters

Exposure

23.2 hrs total (HDR composition)

Location

EEYE

Target name

The Orion Nebula and Running Man

Title

The Sword

About this image

An area that needs little introduction: Orion's Sword - stretching from north of NGC1973/75/77 (Sh2-279): The Running Man nebula, past De Mairan's Nebula, M43 and The Orion Nebula, M42 and just including IC428 (Bernes 120) and the Orion Streamers or "Waterfall" associated with Herbig-Haro 222.

To try to deal with the extreme variation in brightness across the field, I used an HDR Composition approach in imaging (combining exposures rangin from 6 sec in L, through 30 and 120sec up to 600sec).

Data was captured during Jan 2021 from E_EYE.

Acquisition: Paul Tribe, Graeme Coates
Processing: Graeme Coates

Files associated with this observation

orion_running_man_baa.jpg (1.7 MB)

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