M42 the Orion Nebula (RonAdams)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: Great Nebula in Orion · M 42 · M 43 · NGC 1973 · NGC 1975 · NGC 1976 · NGC 1977 · NGC 1980 · NGC 1981 · NGC 1982 · The star 42Ori · The star 45Ori · The star θ1Ori · The star θ2Ori · The star ιOri

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M42 the Orion Nebula

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M42 the Orion Nebula

This object is not what I intended on imaging tonight. However when I went outside to set my equipment up I saw that a Bradford Pear tree in my back yard was completely blocking the view. As soon as I finished setting up my gear misty clouds moved in and blocked different parts of the sky. I noticed that the area in and around the constellation Orion did not have any noticeable clouds so I quickly decided to image M42. I took a lot of test images using different iso and exposure settings trying to find something that I thought would work. Most of my test images were blown out because of the Moon glare. I finally got frustrated and chose an exposure much lower than I normally use for this object. This hobby can definitely test your patience. I waited five weeks through rain and clouds and I finally get a clear night and wouldn't you know it there is a bright half Moon directly overhead. That was last night. Tonight I was fighting both the Moon and clouds moving around. Anyway please enjoy my most recent image of M42.

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Description: I can't get out and image because of the weather so I decided to reprocess my image from last night. I completely reprocessed the image beginning with aligning and stacking in Deep Sky Stacker. I mainly just attempted to try and bring out a little more nebulosity detail. There is a little more detail but the change is subtle.

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