M42 & NGC1977 - Orion's Nebula & Running Man Nebula (jgibsonemu)

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 1982 · The star 42Ori · The star 45Ori · The star θ1Ori · The star θ2Ori · The star ιOri

M42 & NGC1977 - Orion's Nebula & Running Man Nebula, jgibsonemu

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M42 & NGC1977 - Orion's Nebula & Running Man Nebula

This is my attempt at processing a two panel mosiac of M42. I am very happy with the results and am looking forward to a large (poster) print to hang on my wall. The image was acquired during my last imaging session in AZ before moving back to MI. I was able to acquire about 5.1 hours (76x4mins) on each frame for a total of just over 10 hours of integration. Processing was fun and not nearly as challenging as M78 or M33. I do believe I was a bit conservative with the processing and certainly there is more to be had in terms of better contrast on the very faint dust. I will likely return to this image in the coming weeks to tweak and play.

Data was processed using LRGB approach.

When panning over the full resolution image (~4000px X 3400px) I found a rather oddly blue - blue/green star. I am not sure if it is anything special but was curious. I am posting a crop depicting this "star" at full scale. Any insight as to what this may be, if it's not a star, would be greatly appreciated.

I hope you enjoy the image!

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