Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  De Mairan's nebula  ·  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  Hatysa  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Sh2-279  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri
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M42, M43, NGC 1977, The "Sword" of Orion, HαRRGB, 9Mar13 & 2Jan15, David Dearden
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M42, M43, NGC 1977, The "Sword" of Orion, HαRRGB, 9Mar13 & 2Jan15

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The Orion Nebula is one of my earliest and most frequently attempted deep sky objects. I used RGB from 9 Mar 2013 and Hα from 2 Jan 2015 to make this HαRRGB image. I don’t think there is much additional detail beyond what was in the original RGB data, except in the core where I’ve mixed in 15 s and 60 s data differently than in the RGB, but I very much like the colors and the highlights within the nebula. This is probably one of my favorite “cheap astrophotography” images so far.

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M42, M43, NGC 1977, The "Sword" of Orion, HαRRGB, 9Mar13 & 2Jan15, David Dearden