Observation by Peter Mulligan: M42 The Orion Nebula

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Peter Mulligan

Observer

Peter Mulligan

Observed

2026 Feb 24 - 19:26

Uploaded

2026 Feb 27 - 14:57

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 05^h35^m
Dec: -05°23'
Position angle: +8°52'

Field size

0°13' × 0°09'

Equipment

Skywatcher 200p on EQ5, ASI224MC, UV,IR cut,

Exposure

51 Frames at 2 sec each

Location

Sheffield

Target name

M42

Title

M42 The Orion Nebula

About this image

After my imaging session on Jupiter on Feb 24,I slew the scope to M42 the Orion Nebula. In Fire capture I set it to Deep sky and took 51 frames at 2sec each. These were then aligned and stacked in Autostakkert and saved as a fits file,

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ORION NEBULA2.jpg (67.4 kB)

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