Orion Area

Photograph information

Lens Sigma 170-500 F 6.8

Film: Kodak CPY400

Exposure : 30min Manual guided 

Date : 7/25/98

Location : Greece Parnasos mount

Photograph Information:

This image represents  a part of Orion complex , a large cloud of gas and dust centered on the Orion Nebula M42/M43, about 1,600 light years distant. 

M-42 One of the finest sights in the sky, this nebula is easily visible to the naked eye as the "fuzzy" star in the middle of Orion's sword. It appears distinctly nebulous in binoculars or finder scopes, and shows an amazing amount of detail through the telescope. It is fully a degree in extent, with a wealth of fine curling wisps of nebulosity curving out from the brightest region.M42 is located on the lower middle of photo

Slightly separated from the main nebulosity, is M-43. A dark lane of gas separates M43 from M42, although the two are actually part of the same vast cloud. This nebula is seen as a comma shaped cloud surrounding an eighth magnitude star just north of the Great Nebula. 

NGC 1973-75-77 this is a relatively bright region of nebulosity just north of the M 42/M43 complex. It is large, about 15'x10 and surrounds several relatively bright stars.

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