Short run M42 (Ian McIntyre)

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 · LBN 958 · LBN 963 · LBN 965 · LBN 967 · LBN 974 · LBN 977 · LDN 1640 · Lower Sword · M 42 · M 43 · Mairan's Nebula · NGC 1924 · NGC 1973 · NGC 1975 · NGC 1976 · NGC 1977 · NGC 1980 · NGC 1981 · NGC 1982 · Orion Nebula · Sh2-279 · And 10 more.

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Short run M42

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On a night where a much hyped aurora event failed to materialize, I finally had a decent southeast view to capture my first hour of M42. Its not much for detail with this little integration, but I have been wanting a shot at this since starting my astrophotography journey just 4 months ago.

Update 15-Dec-21: Re-processed the data using Pixinsight. Brought out nice surrounding dust and enhanced color in M42. After the 3rd revision I think we are at the final final. I have reached the point where pulling more of the surrounding dust cloud just generates noise. fun exercise though.

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	5322640
PixInsight job	ZYQQX9ZPN042MZGCTQKXZHRPXGOFMDDX
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	05h35m09s.35
RA (top/left)	05h39m50s.99
RA (top/right)	05h24m54s.46
RA (bottom/right)	05h30m25s.60
RA (bottom/left)	05h45m23s.70

Dec (center)	-05°08′35″.4
Dec (top/left)	-02°51′49″.2
Dec (top/right)	-04°54′35″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	-07°24′53″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	-05°21′39″.5

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