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 Nebula in Orion  ·  Hatysa  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Sh2-279  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri
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M42 with Esprit 80, Tristan Campbell
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Acquiring the data for this image has been extremely hard work due to atrocious British weather recently. Made over a period of about 6 weeks, taking sometimes just an hour at a time during any available clear periods available.

I'll never forget the first time I saw M42 through my home made 8" reflector on a freezing January night when I was about 15. Far more detail here but still not quite the same experience.

Approx 18 hours from Bortle 5 skies. 10 hours Ha and 8 LRGB (mostly RGB)

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M42 with Esprit 80, Tristan Campbell

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