Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri
M42, the Great Orion Nebula, Kathy Walker
M42, the Great Orion Nebula
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M42, the Great Orion Nebula

M42, the Great Orion Nebula, Kathy Walker
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M42, the Great Orion Nebula

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M-42, the Orion Nebula. Because of the huge dynamic range, this nebula requires a range of exposure times, with the short exposures providing detail in the bright core and the longer exposure times filling in details in the faint periphery.

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Description: Same data, but I finally got an HDR process to work. It makes a much more dramatic image.

Luminance layer is Ha + L. Nebula colours are HOO. Stars are RGB.

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M42, the Great Orion Nebula, Kathy Walker