Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  43 Ori)  ·  44 Ori)  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star Hatysa (ι Ori  ·  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 - Close Crop, GiffS
M42 - Close Crop
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M42 - Close Crop

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M42 - Close Crop, GiffS
M42 - Close Crop
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M42 - Close Crop

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This image of M42, The Orion Nebula, is the result of the "first light" with my new AM5 Mount. I was hoping it would be straightforward but moving to the AM5 from an AVX is like switching from a Honda Civic to a BMW M3. You have to drive it differently. I am still learning how to adjust the guiding settings so I selected M42 precisely because it is very bright and requires short exposures. That way I could mess around with Guiding setting and not worry about streaking stars and lost subs. I shot mostly 10 second exposures and I am very pleased that the trapezium is not blown out.  A testement to PixInsight. This is also my first image using the Otolong L-Extreme Narrow Band filter. A big difference form the ZWO Duo Band. Much tighter.

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M42 - Close Crop, GiffS