Astronomy Adventure — NGC 1981 And M42

NGC 1981 is an nice, often-ignored open cluster in Orion, lying just above the famous Orion Nebula, M42. In this photo, M42 is down at the lower left edge of the photo. There is also a hint of nebulosity, part of the famed Running Man Nebula, around one of the three closely and nearly aligned stars between M42 and the open cluster.

Technical details:
Scope: Starblast 4.5; tracking on
Magnification: ~30x
Camera: iPhone6 using NightCap Pro;
ISO 8000; 15 second exposure;

Originally published at https://thesoundings.com on June 24, 2019.