Shakedown sword

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The third of four pictures from my shakedown/first light test of the new rig. This is M42 (Great Orion Nebula), M43, and NGC1977 (Running Man Nebula) otherwise known as 'Orion's sword.' About 45 minutes of total integration time.

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Image details

Telescope:		William Optics Redcat 71
Length:		350mm
Aperture:		71mm
F-stop:		f/4.66
Sessions:		1
Captured:		2023-09-23 to 2023-09-23
Lights:		10
Exposure:		180
Total exposure:		30 m
Ra:		5h 35m 09.1s
Dec:		-05° 07' 27.003
Size:		129.60 x 118.20 arcmin
Radius:		001.463 deg
Scale:		001.37 arcsec/pixel