M43 - De Mairan's Nebula

M43 is part of the Orion Nebula resembles hook and is seperated from M42 by a dust lane.  It was discovered by French Astronomer Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan in 1731.  M43 is located in the constellation Orion at 05h 35m 31.8s RA, -05o 17m 57s DEC.  It is 1,300 Light Years away and has a visual magnitudes of 9.0. The best time to observe M43 is in the Winter.
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Freeport, IL  USA
2 January 2019
1 hr 29m 5s
Sony A6000
1250
91 Sec
ES80 Triplet
480mm  f/6


DeepSkyStacker
Pixinsight
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4 Sessions with last on January 2.  Used Darks and Flats.



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