Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  41 the01 Ori  ·  43 Ori)  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  HD36981  ·  HD36982  ·  HD37042  ·  HD37061  ·  HD37062  ·  LBN 974  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star Mizan Batil II (θ2 Ori  ·  The star Trapezium (θ1 Ori A  ·  The star θ1 Ori C  ·  The star θ1 Ori D
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M42 - Core Region, mhtandy
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M42 - Core Region

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M42 - Core Region

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This has to be both the easiest and most difficult object I've tried to image yet. This time my goal was to get as much detail as possible in the core of M42, and after seeing some great images taken with short exposures, I wanted to give it a try. I could only get less than an hour total, since Orion is getting very close to the trees in my yard, but I'm happy to have (finally) resolved the Trapezium! I am officially a fan of short exposures.

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M42 - Core Region, mhtandy