Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  43 Ori)  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star Mizan Batil II (θ2 Ori  ·  The star Trapezium (θ1 Ori A  ·  The star θ1 Ori C  ·  The star θ1 Ori D
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Orion Nebula - 2/3/24, Ed Dixon
Orion Nebula - 2/3/24
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Orion Nebula - 2/3/24

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Orion Nebula - 2/3/24, Ed Dixon
Orion Nebula - 2/3/24
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Orion Nebula - 2/3/24

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First cut at an image of the Orion Nebula (M42) from last night 2/3/24).  This was taken about 10:50 PM with an iOptron RC6 scope and ZWO ASI2600MC Pro camera on a HEM27 mount.  Guide scope was a 50mm SV106 scope with an ASI174MM camera.  Taken as a series of 11 exposures (6248x4176), each with a gain of 105 and 30 second duration.  The resulting image was stacked and processed with Pixinsight, Windows and Apple edit.

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Orion Nebula - 2/3/24, Ed Dixon