Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1982  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri
M42 The Great Orion Nebula, Ivan Nair
M42 The Great Orion Nebula
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M42 The Great Orion Nebula

M42 The Great Orion Nebula, Ivan Nair
M42 The Great Orion Nebula
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M42 The Great Orion Nebula

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Image capturing took 3 days (2 days with longer subs and 1 with shorter subs). My mount had a lot of periodic error and as a result caused me to discard about 25% of my subs even with such short subs. That being said, stacking and processing over 1500 images was still an ordeal. This is my 2nd attempt at M42 and i've learned a lot about processing since.

Seeing images of M42 got me started on the astrophotography journey and while it is a very common subject, its still amazing to see and even more amazing to see images of. I know it won't be my last of M42 but this may be the first image that I will print out and perhaps frame up.

Thanks for viewing!

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M42 The Great Orion Nebula, Ivan Nair