Observation by Steve Brown: Orion Nebula

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Steve Brown

Observer

Steve Brown

Observed

2026 Jan 14 - 00:27

Uploaded

2026 Jan 30 - 13:01

Objects

The Orion Nebula (M42)

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h35^m
Dec: -05°26'
Position angle: +21°30'

Field size

1°08' × 0°38'

Equipment

Altair Hypercam 585C
Star Adventurer
Evostar 72ED

Exposure

7x 15s exp, 420mm fl, f/5.8

Location

North Yorkshire, UK

Target name

Orion Nebula

Title

Orion Nebula

About this image

I was testing out the Altair Hypercam 585C camera through an Evostar 72ED scope on a Star Adventurer mount. The camera and scope combination gives quite a narrow field of view so the Star Adventurer isn't ideal for this type of work. I had to keep the exposures short to avoid tracking issues. I wanted to see how the camera performed initially, rather than going for a long imaging session, so I didn't take a lot of shots. This image is only a total of 1 min 45 sec integration time. I was very impressed with the result!

Files associated with this observation

Orion Nebula.jpg (4.4 MB)

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