| Names |
M 43, NGC 1982, De Mairan's Nebula |
| Right Ascension (2000.0) |
05:35:31.4 |
| Declination |
-05:16:03 |
| Constellation |
Orion |
| Redshift (z) |
... |
| Heliocentric Radial Velocity |
... |
| Distance (esteem) |
1,600 light years |
| Date (DD/MM/YYYY) |
18/12/2009 |
| Exposure time |
900 seconds (30 x 3 exposures) with binning mode 2 x 2 |
| CCD Camera |
SBIG ST-8XE |
| Telescope |
Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain 14" LX200 GPS |
| Focal length |
3556 mm |
| Diameter |
355.6 mm |
| Focal ratio |
10 |
| Field of View |
13.3 x 8.9 arcminute |
| Original scale |
1.044 arcsecond / pixel |
