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 first attempt, Roman Pierce
M42 first attempt
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M42 first attempt

M42 first attempt, Roman Pierce
M42 first attempt
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M42 first attempt

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My first image, jumped right into AP from a pair of binoculars. Such a steep learning curve, this is an unguided image taken with a Nexstar 5SE and the ASI178MC camera. Had to stack several short exposures simply because I was learning everything including how not to polar align and how a bad alignment affects tracking.

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M42 first attempt, Roman Pierce