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  ·  HD294261  ·  HD294262  ·  HD294263  ·  HD36655  ·  HD36742  ·  HD36782  ·  HD36843  ·  HD36866  ·  HD36884  ·  HD36899  ·  HD36917  ·  HD36918  ·  HD36919  ·  HD36938  ·  HD36939  ·  HD36958  ·  HD36959  ·  HD36960  ·  And 49 more.
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M42 The Great Orion Nebula: 2023 Edition RGB with SII and LeXtreme Data, John Richards
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M42 The Great Orion Nebula: 2023 Edition RGB with SII and LeXtreme Data

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M42 The Great Orion Nebula: 2023 Edition RGB with SII and LeXtreme Data, John Richards
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M42 The Great Orion Nebula: 2023 Edition RGB with SII and LeXtreme Data

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I have imaged M42 more times than any other DSO, but I always have to come back to it.  Each year, I think that image is great, but then when I look back at it a year or two later, I realize it isn't.  This year, I took a number of different exposures using a new Antilia quad band filter, Optolong LeXtreme filter and a ZWO SII filter in monoband.  My object was to combine as much detail as possible, with out blowing anything out, including the stars and the Trapezium.

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M42 The Great Orion Nebula: 2023 Edition RGB with SII and LeXtreme Data, John Richards