Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 430  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  NGC 1990  ·  NGC 1999  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  Part of the constellation Orion (Ori)  ·  The star 31Ori  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star Alnilam (εOri)  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star Mintaka (δOri)  ·  The star ηOri  ·  The star ιOri  ·  The star σOri  ·  The star υOri
M42 Widefield attempt, xpostmanx
M42 Widefield attempt
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I'm under no illusions that this is a terribly uninteresting image to most people.

However, I was completely blown away to see the horsehead nebula sitting at the bottom of the frame (the fainter of the two).

This is about 10 minutes worth of exposure taken from the backyard. Each photo was a 5 second image, which is not ideal, but it is what was needed to capture the fainter objects.

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M42 Widefield attempt, xpostmanx