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  ·  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  ·  Sh2-279  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  Upper Sword  ·  VdB44  ·  And 1 more.
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M42 Orion and Running Man Nebulae, Mr. Ashley McGlone
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M42 Orion and Running Man Nebulae

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M42 Orion and Running Man Nebulae, Mr. Ashley McGlone
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M42 Orion and Running Man Nebulae

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M42 Orion Nebula & Running Man Nebula

Canon 6D stock

Astro Tech 0.8 field flattener/focal reducer makes it f/5.6

SkyTech LPRO MAX w custom WB in camera

ISO800

45 x 120” exposures, unguided

Flats, Dark Flats, Bias, Darks

43F

Bortle 5

No moon

I started with ISO1600 with 2 minute exposures. However, the trick to Orion Nebula is not to blow out the center. ISO1600 was just too much, so I dropped it to ISO800 and restarted my session. I threw away the first hour of ISO1600.

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M42 Orion and Running Man Nebulae, Mr. Ashley McGlone