M42 - Orion Nebula

Posted: May 24th, 2026

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Technical Info

Telescope/Lens: F30070M

Camera: Apple iPhone 7

Software: Siril, GIMP

Exposure:

90 x 1.33" ISO/Gain: 1600 - Livestacked master light frames via AstroShader

Orange, Bortle 6 zone:

City Of Santo Tomas, Philippines

Apr 30th, 2026

2 m

Resolution: 1545x1271 px

Scale: 3093 KB

kio.astro

My 2nd attempt on M42 with F30070M, Apple iPhone 7, pre-livestacked master light frames via AstroShader in the course of 3 nights (30 frames per night) Stacked inside Siril and subsequently edited in GIMP

Technical Info

RA: 5h 35.3m

Dec: +5° 23'

Distance: 1344 light-year

Magnitude (V): 4

NGC 1976 info on 30 Apr 2026

10:00Rises over 15° - 10:00

21:15Sets bellow 15° - 20:15

81°Max Altitude - 15:00

19:26 - 04:20 Available - 8.9 hours

Moon Info

17:09

04:22

99%

Sun Info

05:35

18:12

Astronight: 19:26 - 04:20

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