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Tag Archives: M42

M42 from my backyard

Urban Astronomer avatarPosted on 13 Feb, 2015 by Allen Versfeld1 May, 2016
M42 - the Great Nebula in Orion

A few weeks ago, we had a spell of unseasonable clear weather, and I planned an evening to image the Crab Nebula in Taurus. I wasn’t particularly disciplined about it, though, and ended up pointing the telescope all over the sky, and grabbed about 30 frames of M42, the great nebula in Orion. I processed it a few weeks later, and was pleasantly surprised at how popular it’s become on my various social media accounts. It’s even been picked as … Continue reading →

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