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M42 Orion Nebula, Marc Whitsett
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M42 Orion Nebula

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M42 Orion Nebula, Marc Whitsett
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M42 Orion Nebula

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M42 Imaged from my driveway in Cincinnati.

Attempted to minimize the core blow-out. Trapezium BARELY seen but used a 288 mm focal length so not surprising. 

No Photoshop all PixInsight processing.

I used #90 300 second lights and #52 15 second lights, then HDR to combine in PixInsight.
I also applied #30 Darks, #40 Flats and #40 Dark Flats. No Bias frames used.

Camera cooled -10 degrees C.

Severely cropped. Did not use ABE/DBE.

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M42 Orion Nebula, Marc Whitsett

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