Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  Upper Sword  ·  the Running Man Nebula
Messier 43 Orion Nebula, veliopoulos0001
Messier 43 Orion Nebula
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Messier 43 Orion Nebula

Messier 43 Orion Nebula, veliopoulos0001
Messier 43 Orion Nebula
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Messier 43 Orion Nebula

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I captured this image in December 2020 as my first deep sky astrophotography target. At the time I only had a basic travel tripod, an Omegon LX3 mechanical tracker, and a vintage Nikon 300mm ED F4.5 telephoto lens. Looking back, I'm surprised I was able to produce this image from such a rudimentary setup. Unfortunately my focus was slightly off, which is why my stars lack the well defined purple halos of old ED telephoto glass.

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Messier 43 Orion Nebula, veliopoulos0001