Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Orion Nebula  ·  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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Great Orion Nebula, M42 (again), DustSpeakers
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Great Orion Nebula, M42 (again)

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Great Orion Nebula, M42 (again), DustSpeakers
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Great Orion Nebula, M42 (again)

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I can't resist doing this popular target every year as it looks so pretty.

Imaged on 05 Jan 2022, from my Bortle 5 back garden, the naked eye visible object, Great Orion Nebula (M42) and the Running Man Nebula (SH2-279) are situated below Orion's belt in the Orion winter constellation (in northern hemisphere).
The core is extremely bright in comparison with the outer diffuse layers so this is a composite of 3 layers of:
- 30 x 2 sec RGB
- 20 x 10 sec RGB
- 60 x 120 sec RGB
(about 2 hours exposure total)
with a Redcat 51 (250mm) and ASI 533C cooled astro camera on an iOptron Skyguider Pro, no guiding.
Processed in APP, StarTools and Gimp.

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Great Orion Nebula, M42 (again), DustSpeakers