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Post by mariosi on Mar 3, 2015 19:09:47 GMT
Hello from Nicosia, The Orion nebula(also know as Messier 42 or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way,south of Orion's belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and visible to the naked eye in the night sky. Charles Messier first noted the nebula on March 4,1769 and he also noted tree of the stars in Trapezium.Messier published the first edition of his catalog of deep sky object in 1774(completed in 1771).As the Orion nebula was the 42nd object in his list,it became identified as M42. DAY: Thursday DATE: 23/12/14 TIME: 20:05 SEEING: 3/5 CONSTELLATION: Orion OBJECT: NGC1976 M42-43 TYPE: Nebula SCOPE: Dob 200mm Synta S/W F.L.1200/f6 EYEPIECES: Ultra Wind 15mm S/W FILTER OF TYPE: UHC-S MAG:80X F.O.V.:66* T.F.O.V. ,8* EXIT/P.:2,5* LOCATION OF SITE: Nicosia-Mammari ALTITUDE OF SITE: 185 on the sea Thanks for looking Marios
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Post by mariosi on Jan 27, 2018 16:30:18 GMT
Upgraded! Marios
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