Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  De Mairan's nebula  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Hatysa  ·  IC 420  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  Sh2-279  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  Upper Sword  ·  VdB44  ·  And 1 more.
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Orion Nebula, Matt Hughes
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Orion Nebula

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Orion Nebula

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M42, The Great Orion Nebula about 1344 light years away and 24 light years in size . A Star Nursery.

I found this target very hard to capture and process.

Regardless I like the final result.

This image has been cropped from the larger one from the QHY600M full frame sensor.

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Orion Nebula, Matt Hughes