M42 Orion Nebula with M43 De Mairan's nebula and the Running Man
The Great Nebula in Orion M42, is an immense, nearby starbirth region, is probably the most famous of all astronomical nebulas. Here, glowing gas surrounds hot young stars at the edge of an immense interstellar molecular cloud only 1500 light-years away. It can be found with the unaided eye near the easily identifiable belt of three stars in the popular constellation Orion. In addition to housing a bright open cluster of stars known as the Trapezium, the Orion Nebula contains many stellar nurseries. These nurseries contain much hydrogen gas, hot young stars, proplyds, and stellar jets spewing material at high speeds. The Orion Nebula spans about 40 light years and is located in the same spiral arm of our Galaxy as the Sun.
De Mairan’s Nebula (M43 or NGC1982) is a smaller part of the Orion Nebula (M42), and is separated from the main nebula by a large, dark dust lane.
Sh2-279 is a bright nebulae that includes a reflection nebula located in the constellation Orion. It is the northernmost part of the asterism known as Orion's Sword, The reflection nebula embedded in Sh2-279 is popularly known as the Running Man Nebula.
Sh2-279 comprises three NGC nebulae, NGC 1973, NGC 1975, and NGC 1977 that are divided by darker nebulous regions. It also includes the open cluster NGC 1981. The designation NGC 1977 is used in various sources for the reflection area around 42 Orionis (the south-east portion of the reflection nebula), for the entire reflection nebula (including NGC 1973 and NGC 1975), or for the whole nebula complex.
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Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 81 APO
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus
Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C
Filter: Optolong l-eNhance filter
Focal reducer: William Optics 0.8x 2.00"
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: William Optics 50mm Guidescope
Stacked from:
Lights 36 at 180 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 180 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 3.4 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 3.4 seconds gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Adjusted in Photoshop CS4 and Topaz DeNoise AI
M42 Orion Nebula with M43 De Mairan's nebula and the Running Man
The Great Nebula in Orion M42, is an immense, nearby starbirth region, is probably the most famous of all astronomical nebulas. Here, glowing gas surrounds hot young stars at the edge of an immense interstellar molecular cloud only 1500 light-years away. It can be found with the unaided eye near the easily identifiable belt of three stars in the popular constellation Orion. In addition to housing a bright open cluster of stars known as the Trapezium, the Orion Nebula contains many stellar nurseries. These nurseries contain much hydrogen gas, hot young stars, proplyds, and stellar jets spewing material at high speeds. The Orion Nebula spans about 40 light years and is located in the same spiral arm of our Galaxy as the Sun.
De Mairan’s Nebula (M43 or NGC1982) is a smaller part of the Orion Nebula (M42), and is separated from the main nebula by a large, dark dust lane.
Sh2-279 is a bright nebulae that includes a reflection nebula located in the constellation Orion. It is the northernmost part of the asterism known as Orion's Sword, The reflection nebula embedded in Sh2-279 is popularly known as the Running Man Nebula.
Sh2-279 comprises three NGC nebulae, NGC 1973, NGC 1975, and NGC 1977 that are divided by darker nebulous regions. It also includes the open cluster NGC 1981. The designation NGC 1977 is used in various sources for the reflection area around 42 Orionis (the south-east portion of the reflection nebula), for the entire reflection nebula (including NGC 1973 and NGC 1975), or for the whole nebula complex.
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Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 81 APO
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus
Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C
Filter: Optolong l-eNhance filter
Focal reducer: William Optics 0.8x 2.00"
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: William Optics 50mm Guidescope
Stacked from:
Lights 36 at 180 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 180 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 3.4 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 3.4 seconds gain 101 temp -10C
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Adjusted in Photoshop CS4 and Topaz DeNoise AI