Nebula · Orion
Orion Nebula
M42
The bright stellar nursery in Orion's sword, processed to preserve the core and surrounding faint structure.
- Type
- Nebula
- Catalog
- M42
- Region
- Orion
- Captured
- March 14, 2025
- Image size
- 3300 x 2475
- RA
- 83.8101°
- Dec
- -4.953°
- FOV
- 2.3693 x 1.7768°
- Rotation
- 76.6°
- Optics
- William Optics RedCat 61
- Camera
- ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Mount
- ZWO AM5
- Filters
- l-eNhance
- Sub-exposures
- 716 x 60s
- Integration
- 11h 56m
- Sky
- Florida Bortle 6
- Software
- PixInsight
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The bright stellar nursery in Orion's sword, processed to preserve the core and surrounding faint structure.
Context source: Gallery acquisition record; fields not recorded are omitted.Capture recipe
How this frame was made
William Optics RedCat 61 · ZWO ASI2600MC Pro · ZWO AM5 · Filters: l-eNhance · 716 x 60s subs · 11h 56m integration
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Apparent scale
The recorded frame is about 4.7 full-Moon widths across its long edge.
Calculation note: recorded FOV ÷ 0.5° apparent full-Moon diameter. This describes the captured field, not the physical size or distance of the object.