M42 with a little horse head. (Andrew Burwell)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 36 Ori) · 36 ups Ori · 41 Ori A) · 41 Ori C · 41 Ori D · 41 the01 Ori · 42 Ori) · 42 c Ori · 43 Ori) · 43 the02 Ori · 44 Ori) · 44 iot Ori · 45 Ori · 48 Ori · 48 sig Ori · 49 Ori) · 49 d Ori · B33 · De Mairan's nebula · Flame Nebula · Great Orion Nebula · Hatysa · Horsehead nebula · IC 420 · IC 430 · IC 434 · LBN 950 · LBN 958 · LBN 962 · LBN 963 · And 43 more.

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M42 with a little horse head.

Link: https://www.macobservatory.com

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M42 with a little horse head.

Link: https://www.macobservatory.com

My final dark site image taken in New Mexico. I love this nebula, and I've never taken the time to do a decent rendition, as from home, it's not visible in my back yard for more than about two hours. But with the clear skies and the open view I had in New Mexico, I was able to spend 5 solid hours imaging this. My only regret was not taking any short subs for an HDR composite. I think this is a lovely image, and to my surprise, and thanks to the horrible centering job the ASIAir does after a meridian flip, it managed to grab a few hours of the Horse Head nebula right at the edge and I was able to blend out the line separating the pre and post meridian flip images.

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RA (center)	05h35m30s.10
RA (top/left)	05h41m57s.22
RA (top/right)	05h43m14s.33
RA (bottom/right)	05h29m06s.28
RA (bottom/left)	05h27m41s.90

Dec (center)	-04°55′51″.2
Dec (top/left)	-07°43′31″.5
Dec (top/right)	-02°21′00″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	-02°07′52″.8
Dec (bottom/left)	-07°30′21″.2

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