Trapezium Core of M42 ( 6 stars core )

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Trapezium Core of M42 ( 6 stars core )

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Photo taken from wikipedia ...
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Nice! Keep them coming.
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Wah the power of a big scope!
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Yeah man....14"! Thanks for sharing Chee Yiun :)
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Not sure if the F star is correctly indicated in the wikipedia photo.

From the diagrams in the following 2 links and my observation through the C8, the F star seems to be nearer to the C star:

http://www.astropix.com/HTML/B_WINTER/TRAPEZ.HTM
http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/201 ... -in-orion/
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Hi Gary i think you right ... thanks for pointing out ... :)

i got my information from here ...

http://www.laughton.com/paul/rfo/trap/trap.html

i will update the wiki star diagram again ...

Here is another shot with c14 without reducer.

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Magnification is approximately 3910 / 24mm ( d5100 ) x 9 ( 1/3 crop ) = 1466 times.
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