Orion Nebula (James R Potts)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 41 Ori A) · 41 Ori C · 41 Ori D · 41 the01 Ori · 42 Ori) · 42 c Ori · 43 Ori) · 43 the02 Ori · 44 Ori) · 44 iot Ori · 45 Ori · De Mairan's nebula · Great Orion Nebula · Hatysa · IC 420 · LBN 963 · LBN 974 · LBN 977 · LBN 979 · LDN 1640 · Lower Sword · M 42 · M 43 · Mairan's Nebula · NGC 1973 · NGC 1975 · NGC 1976 · NGC 1977 · NGC 1980 · NGC 1981 · And 17 more.

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Orion Nebula

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This might be the most photographed deep space object, but is a beautiful target. Many list this as a beginner's target and while I agree it is easy to get a basic image of this nebula, getting the surrounding dust clouds, a clear core and clear trapezium can be a challenge. I started imaging this in November and accumulated over 10 hours of data. I have been messing with the processing for quite a while, just could not get it where I wanted. There are still some issues with this image, it is tough balancing out the detail vs. the noise, but I am fairly pleased. This is mostly a lot of short exposures with the longest being 90 seconds.

There is so much information out there regarding the Orion Nebula and is molecular cloud that actually extends out to the Horsehead and Flame Nebula and even to Barnard's Loop. At an approximate distance of 1,350 light years, it is one of the closest star forming regions to earth. The Tranpezium star complex is one of the most recent star formations in the nebula.

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Description: I toned down the saturation as after looking at this, the first image looked a little overcooked.

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Astrometry.net job	6881305
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	05h35m02s.68
RA (top/left)	05h31m54s.91
RA (top/right)	05h30m35s.99
RA (bottom/right)	05h38m11s.64
RA (bottom/left)	05h39m28s.69

Dec (center)	-05°26′27″.3
Dec (top/left)	-03°57′46″.3
Dec (top/right)	-06°41′30″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	-06°54′57″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	-04°11′10″.5

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