| M42 & M43 Pictured above is "The Great Orion Nebula" M42 (NGC 1976). Next to it is M43 (NGC 1982) along with the blue nebula called "The Running man" NGC 1977. The start cluster NGC 1981 is superimposed over the blue nebula. The pinkish nebula composes of M42 & M43 at magnitude 4, and is visible a a one degree fuzzy patch to the naked eye. These nebulae reside in the sword of Orion below the left bright belt star Alnitak. This region of nebulae is approximately 1500 light years from earth. |
| Telescope / Lens | Orion ED80 80mm refractor at f /6 |
| Mount Type | Losmandy G11 Gemini |
| Camera | SBIG ST8XME |
| Filters | CFW8a Custom Scientific LRGB |
| Film | Kodak CCD |
| Exposure | 81 minutes LRGB-23,16,16,26 |
| Processing | Taken and combined in CCDSoft then processed in Photoshop CS2 & Picture Wind Pro |
| Date | Images taken over 2 nights 09/30/2006 & 10/22/2006 |
| Location | Eagle's Rest
122° 44.63' W, 43° 50.12' N 15 miles S of Dexter, Oregon |
| Conditions | 2557' clear calm skies magnitude 6.3 |