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

M42, dsoscope
M42
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M42

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I am still getting surprised what a modified DSLR can do in astrophotography applications. The conditions were average seeing with very light winds. My new Optolong LP pro filter works a treat in cutting through sky glow and light pollution. There was very high light haze to contend with but when each exposure downloaded I got a well illuminated natural color image which is easy to post process. I used a set of short 20" exposures for the correctly exposing the bright core.

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M42, dsoscope