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  • APG-2024-118

    Orion Nebula Deep Field, Winter Session

    Type: Deep-Sky Object Location: Northern hemisphere network node Magnitude: 4.0 Date: 2024-01-12 Status: Confirmed Observer: R. Iyer

    The Orion Nebula is bright enough to be a useful calibration target — new observers joining the network typically image it first, both to test their equipment and to have a result compare directly against the archive’s existing deep field from prior seasons.

    This particular session stacked just over six hours of exposure across three clear nights, revealing filament detail in the nebula’s core that a single-night capture usually misses. Nothing here is a new finding, but the file is now the reference frame new observers are told to match before their images get counted toward the shared archive.

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