Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1982  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri
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Orion Nebula with Running Man Nebula, Ethan Wong - Deep Space Project
Orion Nebula with Running Man Nebula
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Orion Nebula with Running Man Nebula

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Orion Nebula with Running Man Nebula, Ethan Wong - Deep Space Project
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Orion Nebula with Running Man Nebula

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This is a Hubble Bicolour narrowband image of the Orion Nebula (Messier 42), taken by my #qhyccd astro-dedicated camera.

It’s roughly of 1,360 light years away and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across. It has a mass of about 2,000 times that of the Sun.

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A year ago, i pointed my DSLR at this target. Seeing the first few blotches of multicoloured ‘clouds’ gave me a sense of euphoria which I can’t really describe with words. It was my first time seeing such an image ‘pop’ out on my screen in real time.

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