The Trap

[atalas]

This is a 30 second exposure of the Trap stars in M42 shot through a C11 at f/6.3 with a SXV-H9C ccd camera .
What ca I say guy's, I was bored ! :lol:

[asimov]

Hi Louie...That's nice mate! :)

[ballaratdragons]

Cool pic Louie.

I fiddled with it and found more Neb gas!

[RB]

On yah Louie........ :)

[atalas]

Thanks guy's :)

[h0ughy]

Great shot Louie,

and you should give things to Ken more often since he is full of GAS :lol: . He did a great job in bringing out the detail in your image. ;) :)

[atalas]

Yes thanks Houghy ! Ken is good at bringing out hidden gases .
Thanks Ken your a legend dude :prey2:

[ballaratdragons]

Pffftttt! Oops, there's that Gas again! :lol:

Any time Louie. I'll gas on any of your pics if your happy to let me. :) Pfftt!

[atalas]

You bring new meaning to the name Gas Giants Ken ! :lol:

[ving]

fart jokes? :rolleyes:

on ya louie :)

[[1ponders]]

Remember which forum your in guys.

[Rodstar]

No need to be bored to go to the Trap, Louie! I had a really good look last night out at Mogo camping ground with Andrew Murrell and John Bambury. E and F were very clear. I was trying very hard to see G and H: no luck. Andrew reckons he has never seen them even in Hector (20"). Still, it will be my life work to try to spot them through 10 inches!!!!

[ballaratdragons]

Rod, or anyone else, what is E, F, G, & H in the trap?

None of my usual sky charts have any stars listed by those letters.

[RAJAH235]

Ken, the trapezium stars are just marked/identified that way. They do have id numbers?, but don't know what they are. Just use the abc's etc, it's easier....... :D L.
ps. Just scanned the last 2 out of Hartung's.

[ballaratdragons]

Thanks Laurie. Yes G & H would be very hard to see! I'll try on a clear night now I have sort of worked out the long-exposure mod. My last Trap pic was on normal mode when I captured E & F!

[Rodstar]

Further to Rajah235's very helpful diagram, Ken you might like to grab a copy of Australian Sky & Space (Nov/Dec issue), which has a brilliant article by Richard Jaworski about multiple stars in Orion.

There is an amazing photo of the Trapezium, which goes beyond even G & H!! It's like the Cat in the Hat. I haven't spotted the "Voom" yet, though!

[ballaratdragons]

Thanks Rod but I don't buy Sky & Space. I can only afford to buy one magazine occasionally so I get Aust Sky & Telescope about every 2nd month. I miss out on a lot of info by not getting them regularly, but the bills have to come first!

I like this pic of Trapezium. It shows the works!!!! Pic by European Telescope

[Rodstar]

That's a great image of the Trapezium, Ken. I think you'd need about 100 inches of aperture from earth to see that much detail visually!

[atalas]

Hi Rod , didn't mean I was bored with the Trap mate ..... I was sitting around bored so I looked up some Trap shots from other sessions ! sorry I hope I didn't offend you !

[ballaratdragons]

I don't know the size of the scope Rod but that pic is taken by the ESO scope in Southern Europe. The site I got it from doesn't mention the Aperture.