Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 the01 Ori  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  De Mairan's nebula  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori
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M42 Orion Nebula, Michael Southam
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M42 Orion Nebula

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M42 Orion Nebula

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After I’d taken the Lovejoy shots on 1-17-15 it was still pretty early and the sky was clear. I decided to make good use of the opportunity to try for the Trapezium shot I’d been planning. After I saw the first image which included M42 I decided to stick to that. Not sure why it’s taken me so long to get to M42. I shot 50 x 30 second images at ISO 1600 as well as 10 darks. I knew I also wanted to get some short exposures so I could bring out the core detail. I started at 15 seconds but got down to 2 second exposures before I had what I wanted. In hind sight I should have made it 1 second as the Trapezium is still a little blown out for my liking.

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M42 Orion Nebula, Michael Southam