Great Orion Nebula

The Orion Nebula(also know as Messier 42 or NGC1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way south of Orion belt in the constellation of Orion.
It is one of the brightest nebula 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
RA/DA: 5h 57m 22s / -5* 26' 28"
AZ/ALT: +156* 42' 45"
SIZE: +1* 6' 00"
SCOPE: Dob 200mm Synta S/W F.L.1200/f6
EYEPIECES: Ultra Wide 15mm S/W
FILTER TYPE: UHC-S Baader
MAG: 80X F.O.V:66* T.F.O.V.:0,8* EXIT P.:2,5*
LOCATION OF SITE: Mammari
ALTITUDE OF SITE: 185m on the sea



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Marios