Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 the01 Ori  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  De Mairan's nebula  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori
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M42 and M43, James
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M42 and M43

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M42 and M43

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Two panel Mosaic of M42.

I started this with the intent on imaging the trapezium. After the first night and seeing how awesome the whole nebula looked I decided to add a 2nd panel for a nice close up shot of M42 (mostly!). I opted to leave the trapezium bright in this image because it looks more dramatic this way. I will process the trapezium as a separate image.

The right panel is 60s shots at 100 gain. The left panel is 120s shots at 100 gain. Both panels have identical integration time at 8hrs 50 mins. I had to go with 120s because the star alignment tool in pixinsight couldn't find enough matching starts.

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M42 and M43, James

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