Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri
M42 - The Great Orion Nebula, Greg S
M42 - The Great Orion Nebula
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M42 - The Great Orion Nebula

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This was my first use of my new equipment and the Atik 460EX Color. It was a combination of 10 - 600s subs with 10 - 300s subs calibrated with just bias and flats and integrated and processed in Pixinsight. I also had 10 - 60s subs and 5 - 30s subs to bring out the core.

This was my first time using Pixinsight; I just followed the tutorials from Harry's Astroshed. I really like Pixinsight and I'm definitely a convert from Maxim DL and Photoshop. PI just makes more sense to me for AP.

This was shot from my light polluted backyard in the San Diego metro-plex but I do have good lines of site over the Pacific Ocean where there is no light.

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M42 - The Great Orion Nebula, Greg S