| Object : | M42, Orion Nebula |
| Coordinates/Direction : | RA: 05h35m, DEC: -05o23' |
| Object size : | 65' x 60' |
| Object magnitude : | 4 |
| More to know : |
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Orion Nebula |
| Exp. time : | 35x30 seconds, iso1600, dithering mode |
| Image process tool : | Siril, Fitswork, Irfanview |
| Processing : | crop, resize, level, cal dark, bias, flat |
| Weather : | clear |
| Comment : |
Wide angle astrophoto of the famous nebula Orion or M42.
From the balcony I have a narrow free view I can use, 20 minutes and it's gone.
Wide angle photos are amazing, look at all the details. |
| Exp. time : | 20x60 seconds, iso1600, dithering mode |
| Image process tool : | AstroImageJ, Fitswork, Irfanview |
| Processing : | resize, level, cal dark&bias, noise |
| Weather : | clear |
| Comment : |
To take a photo from our balcony of Orion Nebula isn't easy, just a few hours per year we have it in correct position between the houses.
And when it's there it's just above the roof of a house. The heat from the house cause a lot of turbulence in the air.
Still there is a photo of it and this nebula is one of the most beautiful, and it's bright too.
It's about 25 degrees above the horizon at this time. |
| Date : | 2020-01-20 |
| Time (UT) : | 20:21 to 20:53 |
| Comment : |
This is a 1:1 pixel crop of the above photo, because of the turbulence from the heat above the roof it was impossible to get the focus correct.
But who cares, the nebula is there !
In the center where it's over exposed is the Trapetzium, four very bright stars.
If I get the opportunity I take new photos with less exposure to get that part of the nebula correct exposed. |
| Comment : |
A test with my Pentax 500 mm telephoto lens. Higher magnification but not very well color corrected. |
| Date : | 1997 April |
| Time (UT) : | 20:00 ?? |
| Lens/telescope : |
Konica 50 mm f/1.8 |
| Corrector/Barlow : | none |
| Field (FOV) : | 39x27 degree, before cropping |
| Filter : | none |
| camera : | Konica T3 |
| Film/CCD : | Kodak PJM-2 640 |
| Exp. time : | 30 seconds, no motor drive |
| Weather : | |
| Comment : |
Out of focus to bring out the colors of the stars.
The red star up to the left is Betelgeuse.
It is a super giant M-star, 800 times the suns diameter,
but it's mass is only 20 times the Sun's |
| Date : | 1996 |
| Time (UT) : | 20:00 ?? |
| Lens/telescope : |
Konica 135 mm f/3.5 |
| Corrector/Barlow : | none |
| Field (FOV) : | 15x11 degree, before cropping |
| Filter : | none |
| camera : | Konica T3 with a special built finder |
| Film/CCD : | Kodak PJM-2 640 |
| Exp. time : | 30 seconds, piggy back on Celestron C8 |
| Weather : | |
| Comment : |
M42 is the red veil in Orion's sword under the belt (the three stars at the top).
This is the first photo ever for me on this nebula. |
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