M42 Orion & Running Man Nebulae (2022) (Mark Germani)

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 · Great Orion Nebula · HD36528 · HD36539 · HD36540 · HD36559 · HD36560 · HD36606 · HD36629 · HD36655 · HD36670 · HD36671 · HD36782 · HD36842 · HD36843 · HD36865 · HD36883 · HD36917 · HD36918 · HD36936 · And 59 more.

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As each new and crescent moon rose and set behind thick cloud in Vancouver this winter, I figured my chances of having a go at imaging anything in the Orion region had passed for the season. My view of the southwest is obscured by power lines & houses, so any low southern targets are difficult to get any time on.

But late January & early February brought two clear and moonless nights, and I got as much time as I could before power lines bisected Orion. I took a series of 5-second exposures to tempt some detail from the otherwise overblown core. After stacking, I figured 1-second exposures and a lucky-imaging approach would yield better results, so in March I went back and took over 350 1-second exposures and stacked 50% of those, which I incorporated into my final image. I can make out 4 stars in The Trapezium!

I'm happy with the result, but I think I might have made the wrong call on the choice of filter - I had thought to capture as much reflective nebulosity as I could in this attempt, but I suspect that the L-eXtreme would have yielded much better detail in the Ha regions surrounding the nebula. Next year!

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RA (center)	05h34m56s.36
RA (top/left)	05h38m01s.70
RA (top/right)	05h31m46s.10
RA (bottom/right)	05h31m51s.40
RA (bottom/left)	05h38m07s.74

Dec (center)	-05°19′37″.6
Dec (top/left)	-04°08′56″.10
Dec (top/right)	-04°09′58″.6
Dec (bottom/right)	-06°30′20″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	-06°29′21″.4

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