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.

Taken with NightCap Pro. Long Exposure mode, 15.05 second exposure.

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