Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Orion Nebula  ·  IC 420  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  Upper Sword  ·  the Running Man Nebula
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M 42 Ha/RGB, mirko tondinelli
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M 42 Ha / RGB  The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42 or M 42, NGC 1976) is one of the brightest diffuse nebulae in the night sky. Clearly recognizable to the naked eye as an object of a non-stellar nature, it is located south of the famous asterism of the Orion Belt, at the center of the so-called Sword of Orion, in the constellation of the same name.  Located at a distance of about 1270 f from Earth, it extends for about 24 light years and is the closest star-forming region to the Solar System.  The Orion Nebula contains within it a very young open cluster, known as the Trapezium  TOOLS USED  William Optics 81 IV Gran turismo Zwo Asi 294 pro mc Ultraguide 60/240 Zwo Asi 224 EQ6 mod Rowan L-pro 2 "filter Baader filter Has 2 "7nm  SOFTWARE USED  Sharcap, Apt, PH2 GUIDING, Pixinsight, Photoshop.  TECHNICAL DATA  12 lights of 300 ", T -10 °, L-pro filter 30 light 10 ",. T -10 °, L-pro filter 18 light 600 ", T -10 °, Ha filter Guidonia Montecelio (Rm) Bortle scale 6.2  High resolution link  https://www.dropbox.com/s/2qypvz2pcxpjmrp/m42_hargb.jpeg?dl=0

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M 42 Ha/RGB, mirko tondinelli