Discovered by Mr. Lower and his son, Charles, in 1939. It is a rather faint emission nebula (surface brightness of about 10th magnitude) and is out-shown by the other stunning nebulae in the same constellation, Orion.
Optic: Sharpstar 90mm f/5.6 Askar FRA500
Mount: Ioptron CEM60 HP
Camera: QSI 583wsg
Filters: 31mm unmounted Astrodon gen. 2
Frames: Ha 3nm: 18X600sec - RGB 4X600sec each Bin1 -25°
Autoguider: ZWO ASI290MM mini on ZWO 30 F/4, Phd guiding
Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop
NINA automation
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