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 The Orion Nebula, 1CM69
M42 The Orion Nebula
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M42 The Orion Nebula

M42 The Orion Nebula, 1CM69
M42 The Orion Nebula
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M42 The Orion Nebula

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I was supposed to use guiding for the first time with my new OAG but I had a technical hitch with my guidecam so resorted to just short 20s subs unguided using my DSLR to image.

I originally took 50 subs of each at ISO1600 & ISO3200 but later going through the images I trashed any that showed any form of star egging at all and was eventually left with 28 x 1600 & 48 x 3200.

After running the subs through DSS, only a total of 31 lights were used in the stack.

I have brought out as much detail as I could in StarTools without adding to the noise.

Star spikes added in PS.

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M42 The Orion Nebula, 1CM69