February 22, 2016
Finally got a clear night again. I decided to take the SCT out and wanted to look at The Pleiades. I will try to image it next time with the 80mm Refractor. I decided to focus on M43 in the Constellation Orion. I had already imaged M42 and figured I better give it a try before it sinks too low in the west during March.
M43 is part of the Orion Nebula complex and is seperated from M42 by a dust lane. I took 12 time exposures and 6 Darks to get this composite photo. M43 was named The De Mairan's Nebula after the Frenchman who discovered it in 1731. In 1771, Charles Messier added it to his list and today it is know as M43.
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