Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  De Mairan's nebula  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Hatysa  ·  IC 420  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  NGC 1999  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  Sh2-279  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  Upper Sword  ·  And 3 more.
M42 Orion Nebula, John R Carter, Sr.
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M42 Orion Nebula

M42 Orion Nebula, John R Carter, Sr.
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M42 Orion Nebula

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I took this image on 2/23/2017 and have been fidgeting with it ever since. This is an HDR composite of several subs at different exposures (all at ISO 800). The subs are 3x1s, 1x2s, 1x5s, 1x10s, 7x20s, 1x30s, 6x50s, and 1x60s. And of course I plan on recreating this in the future with a minimum of 20 subs each at each of the exposures.

Processing included Aurora HDR 2017, PixInsight, Photoshop CS6, Noiseless CK, and the final touches were with Mac Photos.

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M42 Orion Nebula, John R Carter, Sr.