M42 The Great Orion Nebula

Posted: Feb 5th, 2026

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Telescope/Lens: Sky-Watcher BKP2001

Camera: ToupTek ATR2600C

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ5 OnStep

Guide Scope: Angeleyes

Guide Camera: zwo asi120mc

Software: siril

Accessories: Meyon 2" MPC 1x

Exposure:

47 x 120" ISO/Gain: 100 - LAIDA duo-band 7 нм

Orange, Bortle 6 zone:

Rostov-Na-Donu, Россия

Nov 7th, 2025

1 h 34 m

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The weather hasn't been great, so I practiced from the city to remember how to approach the setup.

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M42 Большая туманность Ориона

7 Feb, 2026

1 h 34 m

My previous image had noise reduction artifacts that I couldn't remove, so I had to reprocess it from scratch. Processing workflow

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M42 Большая туманность Ориона

5 Feb, 2026

1 h 34 m

The weather hasn't been great, so I practiced from the city to remember how to approach the setup.

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RA: 5h 35.3m

Dec: +5° 23'

Distance: 1344 light-year

Magnitude (V): 4

NGC 1976 info on 07 Nov 2025

20:30Rises over 15° - 22:00

09:15Sets bellow 15° - 07:45

48°Max Altitude - 02:45

18:42 - 05:15 Available - 10.55 hours

Moon Info

17:43

09:49

93%

Sun Info

07:14

16:57

Astronight: 18:42 - 05:29

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