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  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  NGC 1999  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  Sh2-279  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  Upper Sword  ·  VdB42  ·  And 1 more.
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Orion Dust Lanes M42 M43, JOHN QUINN
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Orion Dust Lanes M42 M43

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Orion Dust Lanes M42 M43

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Attempted to highlight the molecular clouds that surround M42 and M43. The greenish hue of Orion was puzzling to early scientists, even postulating a new element (nebullium) as the source. Later, it was theorized to represent a variation of doubly ionized oxygen.

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Description: Reprocessed after applying StarNet++ to help control star bloat.

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C

Title: M 42 Orion

Description: Added additional time and blended in some 10 second exposures

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Orion Dust Lanes M42 M43, JOHN QUINN

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