Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 Ori)  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 Ori)  ·  44 Ori)  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  48 Ori  ·  48 sig Ori  ·  50 Ori)  ·  50 zet Ori  ·  Alnitak  ·  B33  ·  Flame Nebula  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  HD290467  ·  HD290468  ·  HD290471  ·  HD290534  ·  HD290537  ·  HD290538  ·  HD290539  ·  HD290541  ·  HD290542  ·  HD290543  ·  HD290544  ·  HD290545  ·  And 549 more.
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M42 - Orion and HorseHead Nebula (Widefield) (M42 - Orion and HorseHead Nebula... (M42 - Orion and HorseHead Nebula (Widefield)), Joe Santacroce
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M42 - Orion and HorseHead Nebula (Widefield) (M42 - Orion and HorseHead Nebula... (M42 - Orion and HorseHead Nebula (Widefield))

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M42 - Orion and HorseHead Nebula (Widefield) (M42 - Orion and HorseHead Nebula... (M42 - Orion and HorseHead Nebula (Widefield))

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M42 - Orion with IC434 - The HorseHead Nebula
Radius: 12 light years
Distance: 1,344 light years
Age: 3.002 million years

The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with apparent magnitude 4.0. Wikipedia

The Horsehead Nebula is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion molecular cloud complex. It appears within the southern region of the dense dust cloud known as Lynds 1630, along the edge of the much larger, active star-forming H II region called IC 434

Imaged with:
Samyang 135mm f2 Lens with ASI533MC-Pro Camera
ZWO 30mm Guide Scope with ASI462MC Camera
Optolong L-eNhance Filter
Skywatcher HEQ5 Mount
ASIAir Pro

Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop
70 x 120s Images
Total Integration: 2hrs 30 minutes

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M42 - Orion and HorseHead Nebula (Widefield) (M42 - Orion and HorseHead Nebula... (M42 - Orion and HorseHead Nebula (Widefield)), Joe Santacroce