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From Wikipedia
The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula in the Milky Way situated south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion, and is known as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with an apparent magnitude of 4.0. It is 1,344 ± 20 light-years (412.1 ± 6.1 pc) away and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. M42 is estimated to be 25 light-years across (so its apparent size from Earth is approximately 1 degree). It has a mass of about 2,000 times that of the Sun. Older texts frequently refer to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula.
Telescope: William Optics FLT132
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM/P
Filter Wheel: ZWO & Position Filter Wheel
Filters: QHY 36mm unmounted L R G B, Baader 36mm unmounted HA OIII SII
Guidng: ZWO OAG-L
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120 Mini
Mount: AZ-EQ6
Mount Control: EQASCOM
Focusing: SharpSky Pro and Sequence Generator Pro 3 (automated)
Light Box by Exfso
Capture Software: Sequence Generator Pro 3
Guiding Software: PHD2
Calibration and Stacking Software: PixInsight
Processing Software: PixInsight
Number and Type of Data Frames: L=60X30sec, R=60x30sec, G=60x30sec,
B= 60x30sec
Ha= xmin , SII= xmin, OIII= xmin
Binning: 1x1
Total Image Time: 2 hrs
Location: Lockleys Observatory B, Tanunda, Sth Australia
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