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  • 2020-01-14

Trapezium

Trapezium in the center of the Orion Nebula M42 has four bright stars. If you observe closely, you can observe two dark stars. When seeing condition is good, you can oberve with a 20cm telescope.

  • 2020-01-14

Orion Nebula M42

Image of Orion Nebula M42 at 2020-01-11 at 45㎝ newtonian telescope at 100x magnification.The center of the nebula is greenish and the outside is reddish. Always get tired!45㎝ F / 4 Newtonian 2020-01-11-21: 40 (JST) ASI224MC Shutter = 597.5ms Gain = 342 (57%) Frames captured = 2000

  • 2020-01-06

Sirius and Canopus

Brightness of Sirius (luminance -1.77 mag) and Canopus (luminosity -0.62 mag). In Japan, the canopus with a very low sky is considered to be a dark orange star, but it is actually pale like the Sirius. Cebu, Bantayan Island 24㎜ Softon A 2019-12-31

  • 2020-01-06

The Great Magellanic Nebula

The Great Magellanic Nebula was detected with binoculars from Bantayan Island (approximately 11 ° N) north of Cebu Island. Since the altitude is as high as 9 degrees, the sky in the south is dark and good transparency and it can be observed on Cebu Island if it can be seen to the low sky. The bright star in the upper left is Canopus.