M42 Wide Field - Uitenhage Suburbs Contains: M 43, NGC 1982, NGC 1977, NGC 1980, M 42, Great Nebula in Orion, NGC 1976, NGC 1975, NGC 1981, NGC 1973, The star 45Ori, The star ιOri, The star θ2Ori, The star θ1Ori, The star 42Ori

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher 80ED

Imaging cameras: Nikon D7000

Mounts: Skywatcher Skyview Pro Eq 6

Guiding telescopes or lenses: William Optics 80mm Apo

Guiding cameras: ORION StarShoot AutoGuider

Software: Adobe Photoshop CS6

Filters: Baader Planetarium Baader 1.25" Moon & SkyGlo

Resolution: 1024x679

Dates: Feb. 11, 2014

Locations: Home Pier Mounted

Frames: 12x300" ISO800

Integration: 1.0 hours

Darks: ~10

Avg. Moon age: 11.19 days

Avg. Moon phase: 86.19%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00

Temperature: 28.00

RA center: 83.830 degrees

DEC center: -5.353 degrees

Pixel scale: 7.912 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 105.316 degrees

Field radius: 1.350 degrees

Description

First attempt at guiding

The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula situated south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. Wikipedia

Distance to Earth: 1,344 light years

Age: 3 million years

Magnitude: 4

Discoverer: Christiaan Huygens