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M43 emission nebula

M43, also known as De Mairan's Nebula, is a star-forming nebula with a prominent H II region 1600 ly away in the equatorial constellation of Orion. The De Mairan's Nebula is part of the Orion Nebula (M42), being separated from the main nebula by a dense lane of dust known as the northeast dark lane. It is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.

 

C8 F/4 (stacked F/6.3 reducers) on Evolution Alt/Az mount

ASI385MC one shot color camera

IDAS LPS D1 light pollution filter

450x4s 30m total exposure

Saved as viewed in Sharpcap (no post-processing) and edges cropped

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Uploaded on January 7, 2020
Taken on January 6, 2020