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Mosaic of two images. Transparency was excellent but the seeing was terrible, especially in the lower frame. The seeing improved as Orion climbed higher in the sky. A colour photo taken with a digital SLR camera 4 years ago can be found here.
For more information, try: www.seds.org/messier/m/m042.html and www.seds.org/messier/diffuse.html
| Date | 23rd November 2008 |
| Telescope | 250mm F4.8 Newtonian Reflector with coma corrector |
| Filter | Baader Deep Sky Filter |
| Exposure | 2 tiles, each tile is a stack of 40 x 60sec |
| Software | CCDStack |