| Constellation tour in Winter |
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| Date & Time: | Nov 18 1998, 24:54 JST(+0900), 20min. Exp. |
| Optical: | SMC TAKMAR f=105mm F2.4, Aperture: F2.8, with FOGGY [B] filter |
| Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial | |
| Camera: | PENTAX 67 |
| Film: | Ektachrome E200 (+1EV pushed) |
| Location: | Ooizumi vil., Yamanashi pref. |
| Digitized by Kodak PRO PHOTO CD service | |
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The master of winter skies, searching the constellation should be no problem.
It includes two stars with over first magnitude, the Orion's belt that consists of three stars with second magnitude,
and the most splendid celestial object of the Great Orion Nebula, etc.
He lords over the heavens from late fall. Alpha Ori, Betelgeuse is positioned at the right arm of Orion glows with a dull red. The star is singular in the constellation because almost all members in Orion include Rigel, beta Ori, are emitting the bluish light. They were born in the Great Orion Nebula a few millions years ago and have spread to present positions. Betelgeuse has no relation with these brothers. Around the celestial field of Orion includes gigantic hydrogen clouds, and the field is called the "Orion Association". |
Guide for Deep Sky Objects| The Great Orion Nebula M42 | .....Splendid Nebula just under Orion's belt, 1300 ly. away |
| M78 | .....Small & bright Nebula 2.5 degree NNE of zeta Ori, 1600 ly. away |
| Horse head Nebula | .....Wide-spread Nebula just like a horse head south of zeta Ori, 1300 ly. away |
| Great Orion Nebula to Horse Head Nebula | .....Splendid diffused nebulae around the center of Orion |
| Monkey Nebula | .....Diffused Nebula near the boundary on Gemini, 3300 ly. away |
| The Angel Fish | .....Vast diffused Nebula with a diameter of 5 degree at Orion's head |
| Orion Association | .....Distribution of fine nebulae encircling the whole of Orion |
| Barnard's Loop(Sh2-276) | .....Vast supernova remnant distributed in eastern region of Orion |
| NGC1788 | .....Dark & reflection nebula near a border to Eridanus |
| NGC1999 | .....Small reflection nebula just 1 deg. SSE of M42, 1500 ly. away |
| NGC2022 | .....Small planetary nebula bathed in The Angel Fish |
| NGC2112 | .....Medium-sized open cluster bathed in the Barnard's Loop |
| Around IC426 | .....Several dimmed reflection nebulae around the Orion's belt |
| IC2162 | .....Compact reddish nebula just south of Monkey Nebula |
| Sh-261 | .....Medium-sized diffused nebula north of nu Ori |
| vdB38 | .....Small diffused and reflection nebula in SW of The Angelfish |
| vdB62 | .....A small reflection nebula 5 deg. NE of Altanik |
 The winter's Diamond |
 Eridanus & Fornax |
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