M43
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Constellation- Orion
Right Ascension: 05h 35m
48s
Declination: -05° 15" 38"
Distance: 1600 light years
Visual Brightness: 9.0 mag
Apparent Dimension: 20x15 arc minutes
Image info:
Date- December 19, 2003
Telescope/Focal
length/Camera- Nexstar11 GPS @f.10 and ST-8XE NABG autoguided
with CCDSoft 5.0
Integrations- Luminance =
19 x 120 seconds
Processing- Darks and
flats, processed in CCDSoft 5.00