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

Messier M42 - The Great Nebula in Orion, TheGovernor
Messier M42 - The Great Nebula in Orion
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Messier M42 - The Great Nebula in Orion

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My most recent set of Orion images.

They're configured as such:

4 Stacked images - 25 seconds at ISO800

7 Stacked images - 15 seconds at ISO3200

Both sets of stacked images were flattened and merged into a single file with the ISO3200 stack on the bottom layer and the ISO800 stack on the top layer with ~45% opacity. I then did some stretching of the histogram and a few other Photoshop tricks to make the darker spots "pop out" like they do. All in all, I believe this is my best image of Orion to date.

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Messier M42 - The Great Nebula in Orion, TheGovernor