Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Orion Nebula  ·  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  ·  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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Orion Nebula, Big Bend National Park, fewayne
Orion Nebula, Big Bend National Park
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Orion Nebula, Big Bend National Park

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Orion Nebula, Big Bend National Park, fewayne
Orion Nebula, Big Bend National Park
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Orion Nebula, Big Bend National Park

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Big bright Orion, with emission and reflection components, is a favorite of imagers. I did not have terrific luck this night, and had to throw out most of my sub-exposures, but since the skies are so incredibly dark in Big Bend I still managed to extract some detail.

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Orion Nebula, Big Bend National Park, fewayne