| Date  
| 01/05/2006 |
| Scope  
| Orion ED80 |
| Optics  
| William Optics 0.8X Focal Reducer |
| Camera  
| Canon 350D |
| Exposure  
| 36 x 180 sec, 10 x 5 sec, ISO800 |
| Processing  
| Processed in ImagesPlus 2.75 beta 6b, dark/flat/bias calibration, min/max excluded add, DDP, levels, curves, star/halo reduction, 5 sec stack was blended back in to reduce core blowout |
| Notes  
| The region of space containing Orion's dagger hosts a number of interesting deep sky objects including the open cluster NGC1981, bright nebulas NGC1973 and NGC1975, the Running Man nebula and open cluster NGC1977, the bright nebula M43 and of course the Great Nebula in Orion, M42. |
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