M42 - Orion Nebula

the heart of Orion constellation

M42 - Orion Nebula

Instruments

Telescope, lens:

  • GPU 80/525 APO
  • Televue TRF-2008 Flattener

Mount, tracking:

  • SkyWatcher HEQ5 Syntrek
  • Lacerta M-Gen autoguider on a 8x50 finderscope

Camera, filter(s):

  • Canon EOS 350D (modified)
  • Astronomik CLS filter

Exposure:

Integration details:

  • 58x600s, ISO800
  • 12x120s, ISO800
  • 6x24s, ISO800
  • 3x5s, ISO800

Location, date:

  • Veszprémvarsány, Hungary
  • 2008. December 26-29.

Weather conditions:

  • Temperature: -6°C
  • Transparency: 8/10
  • Seeing: 6/10

Where to find

Sky chart:

Sky chart:

Main objects:

Main objects:

Field of view data:

  • Orientation: 91.98°
  • Scale: 6.71"/pixel
  • Centre RA: 5h 35m 28.33s
  • Centre DEC: -5° 1' 28.69"
  • FOV width: 2° 58' 50.18"
  • FOV height: 1° 57' 0.73"
András Papp