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  ·  LBN 963  ·  LBN 974  ·  LBN 977  ·  LDN 1640  ·  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  ·  And 5 more.
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The Orion Nebula, M42, Aleix Roig
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Probably the most popular deep sky nebula, the Orion Nebula (M42), is a wide HII region where hundreds of new stars are born. This stars nursery is located around 1300 light years from Earth and it's estimated to be around 24 light years across.

Together with M42 we can see Sh2-279 also called "Running Man Nebula". A fantastic deep sky object that shows a reflection and emission nebula reminding us the shape of a running man.

The Orion Molecular clouds of dust and gas are visible surrounding both nebulae giving to the image a chocolate texture.

This image has been possible thanks to the dark skies of Prades where I have my observatory. During moonless February 2018 nights I acquired the broad band data that was blended with some Ha narrow band images. HDR techniques have been used with all the images.

This image is the result of a new processing made in late November 2021. New processing tools have been applied: StarXTerminator module and Topaz Denoise.

Details:

L: 20x30" + 30x300"

RGB: 20x30" + 20x18" each channel

Ha: 20x30" + 28x600"

50 Darks, 50 bias, 30 flats

Data acquisiton 2018
Data processing 2021

Exposure: 11h

Mesu200

FSQ85

ASI1600MM + EFW 8pos Baader filters + OAG with ASI174MC

Software:

SGP, PHD2, APP, Pixinsight.

Aleix Roig - Prades, Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain). November 2021.

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The Orion Nebula, M42, Aleix Roig

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