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 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Sh2-279  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  VdB42
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M42 & Running Man

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M42 & Running Man

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My third ever attempt of an astro photo. This one got me hooked into taking astro photos.

No guiding, just polar finder alignment, on a tripod in the backyard. Processing in DSS with subsequent PS editing based on below PS guidance, which helped me a lot as a freshman:

http://astrotreff-ruhr-sauerland.de/Bildbearbeitung/ps_lehrfilme01/ps_lehrfilme_01.html

Approx. 50% crop is shown here.

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Dirk

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