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!!!!
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....... L.
ps. Just scanned the last 2 out of Hartung's.
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!
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!
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
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!!!!
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 !
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