NGC 1977/1975/1973 (Sh2-279) Open Cluster / Bright Nebulae in Orion
Located at: RA 05 hours 35 minutes 18 seconds, Dec -04 degrees 49 minutes 00 seconds
Size: 20' / 40' x 25'; Magnitude: -- / --; Class: -- / E (Sharpless) 3 2 3
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Deep Sky filter, 330 minutes (33 x 10 minute subs), 02/28 & 03/02/2008; seeing 2.8-4.6 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.3.2, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
This complex area in Orion is just above the M 42 / M 43 'Great Nebula in Orion' area. NGC 1977 is the open cluster, and NGC 1973/75 (Sh2-279) is the associated nebulosity |