Trapezium Stars In The Great Orion Nebula
This article updated: Monday March 18th 2012 @ 9:50 AM EDT
Theta 1 “The Trapezium”
March 1977: 4 1/4-inch f/10 spherical mirror, Edmund Scientific reflector @ 80x – Beautiful view of all four primary stars. I could never see the E star with this scope.
February 1993: 10-inch f/4.5 reflector (using 4-inch off-axis stop-down mask) @ 254x – Seeing fair to good. Could see the “E” star, but not easy.
12-22-95: 80-mm f/15 refractor – All four stars appear as a beautiful white.
12-23-95: 10-inch f/4.5 reflector @ 120x – Conditions and seeing not good. Could see only the four primary stars.
March 1997: 3.5-inch Maksutov @ 135x – Seeing good, could see four stars. On one occasion, I thought that I could see the “E” star, but very difficult, using averted vision.
12-26-99: 10-inch f/4.5 reflector @ 142x – Fair to good. All six stars visible, E and F…
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