Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1982  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri
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M42, the Great Orion Nebula, Paul Krizak
M42, the Great Orion Nebula
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M42, the Great Orion Nebula

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M42, the Great Orion Nebula, Paul Krizak
M42, the Great Orion Nebula
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M42, the Great Orion Nebula

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Shot at a shorter focal length and faster aperture than my M42 image from last year. Still no guiding, which limits the length of exposures I can take. For M42 that's not a huge limitation though. For the final image I took the final stacked image and stretched it twice: once to bring out the background nebulosity (but blowing out the core), and once to make the core and Trapezium visible. I then blended the two versions in Gimp using a layer mask.

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M42, the Great Orion Nebula, Paul Krizak