My Astrophotography – Messier 43 (De Mairan’s Nebula)

Messier 43 (De Mairan’s Nebula)

• Messier 43 (M43), also known as De Mairan’s Nebula, is famous for being a teardrop-shaped companion and semi =-detached portion of the Great Orion Nebula (Messier 42) .
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• Object Name
  M43

• Object Type
  Reflection Nebula

• Constellation
  Orion

• Magnitude
  +9.0

• Distance
  1,400 light-years

• Age
  30,000 years old

• Annoated

Telescope:

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Accessories:

Sky-Watcher Esprint 80ED Triplet

Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT

ZWO ASIair Plus / PixInsight

Camera:

Guiding:

Filter:

ZWO ASI2600MC Pro Cooling

ZWO ASI1200MM

2″ Optolong eXtreme

• Date:
  Monday 3rd February 2025
  
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• Time:
  20:15 / 8.15pm

• Moonlit:
  Waxing Crescent 6 days old
  Magnitude: -10.2
  Moonlit: 31%
  
  

• Total:
  180’s x 16 subs = 48 minutes
  

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M43

NGC 1982 / De Mairan’s Nebula

Reflection Nebula

+9.0

1,400 light years / 9 light years across

Ori (Orion / The Hunter)

05h 35m 31s

-05° 16′ 12″

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