Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  43 Ori)  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star Mizan Batil II (θ2 Ori  ·  The star Trapezium (θ1 Ori A  ·  The star θ1 Ori C  ·  The star θ1 Ori D
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M42 Luminance, erdmanpe
M42 Luminance
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M42 Luminance

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M42 Luminance, erdmanpe
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M42 Luminance

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An attempt at M42, "The Great Nebula", without saturating the stars of the Trapezium. I took rather short subframe exposures, but of course needed many subframes to also bring out some details in the nebula itself. Log stretch in Maxim.

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M42 Luminance, erdmanpe