Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  De Mairan's nebula  ·  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  Hatysa  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Sh2-279  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  VdB42  ·  VdB44
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M42, G400
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M42

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M42

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Another night far from perfect. But there was a window of opportunity. First time I used dithering. No one knows (myself incorporated) why it took that long to discover the merits of doing so.

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  • M42, G400
    Original
  • M42, G400
    B
  • Final
    M42, G400
    C

B

Description: Tried a complete reprocess in order to bring out more detail of the core as well as of the surrounding nebulosity.

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C

Description: Tried to reduce star size, darkended the background by simultaneously ´focusing more on the surrounding nebulosity and sharpened the main object iteself.

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M42, G400