star magnitude

[squeak (Andrew)]

as i look at the trapezium, in orion, there are two faint stars, one very close, and one almost(apparently) touching, stars at each end. could someone please tell me thew magnitude of these stars ? thanks . http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....es/happy19.gif

[barx1963 (Malcolm)]

The E and F stars in the Trapezium are 11th mag I believe. Well done on spotting them.

[WadeH (Wade)]

Hi Andrew,

This link should be able to answer all your questions re The Trapezium.

http://www.astropix.com/HTML/B_WINTER/TRAPEZ.HTM

Cheers

[squeak (Andrew)]

thanks folks.looking forward to dark nights.