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
The Orion Nebula, Nick Roach
The Orion Nebula
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The Orion Nebula

The Orion Nebula, Nick Roach
The Orion Nebula
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The Orion Nebula

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This was my first great success in astrophotography. I had just bought a Celestron 70 EQ refractor for $150 and a Canon 400D, and this was the first object I targeted. I had bought a Celestron motor to drive the EQ mount, but modified it with a fine speed control and an external battery to provide a more stable power supply. Still, I had to throw away most of my exposures because of poor tracking. I stacked the good exposures and this is what I got. When I saw that curling pillar of dust in the middle, my jaw dropped!

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The Orion Nebula, Nick Roach