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)  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  44 Ori)  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  HD294175  ·  HD294177  ·  HD294178  ·  HD294179  ·  HD294180  ·  HD294181  ·  HD294220  ·  HD294221  ·  HD294222  ·  HD294259  ·  HD294261  ·  HD294262  ·  HD294263  ·  HD294320  ·  HD294321  ·  HD294327  ·  HD294328  ·  HD294329  ·  And 124 more.
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The hunter's sword - M42, Sh2-279 & NGC 1980, Ryan Abbott
The hunter's sword - M42, Sh2-279 & NGC 1980, Ryan Abbott

The hunter's sword - M42, Sh2-279 & NGC 1980

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
The hunter's sword - M42, Sh2-279 & NGC 1980, Ryan Abbott
The hunter's sword - M42, Sh2-279 & NGC 1980, Ryan Abbott

The hunter's sword - M42, Sh2-279 & NGC 1980

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No better way to kick off my second year in the hobby than with this absolute beauty of a target.

I've probably imaged M42 specifically over 5 times already, never being happy with the result & learning along the way.
This time I chose to focus more on integration time, nothing more than it deserves!
I should've still given it more time, but being on the hunt for a new scope has pushed me to finish off the targets I wanted to image at this focal length.
It's also been really poor here in the UK for a number of months now, so getting anything past the 15 hour mark was turning into a marathon.

Hope you enjoy!

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