Orion Nebula

Posted: Feb 14th, 2026

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Technical Info

Telescope/Lens: Sigma 70-300 APO DG Macro: 200 or 300mm, f/8

Camera: Canon Rebel T2i

Mount: Sky-Watcher Star Discovery

Exposure:

21 x 20" ISO/Gain: 800

Red, Bortle 7 zone:

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Sep 28th, 2025

7 m

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no calibration and up to 1/4 of the pics being partly cloudy
stars were stretched probably from the mounts tracking, graxpert did a nice job of sorting that out

Technical Info

RA: 5h 35.3m

Dec: +5° 23'

Distance: 1344 light-year

Magnitude (V): 4

NGC 1976 info on 28 Sep 2025

10:00Rises over 15° - 10:00

13:00Sets bellow 15° - 11:15

43°Max Altitude - 06:15

01:30 - 05:00 Available - 3.5 hours

Moon Info

14:54

21:09

41%

Sun Info

07:04

18:54

Astronight: 20:49 - 05:09

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