M43 - Detached portion of the Orion Nebula

M43 - Detached portion of the Orion Nebula

Description: M43 (NGC1982) - Detached portion of the Orion Nebula. M43 is the pinkish "bloated coma" part of M42. 7 x 4 arc minutes in size, magnitude 9.0. Film: Kodak Ektachrome 400 chilled in a Canda Technologies dry-ice cold camera Scope: 8" Meade 2080 Schmidt-cassegrain (pre-LX series) at F10 Exposure: 25 Minutes Location: near Carseland, Alberta Date: January 13, 1988