M42 Orion Nebula (Jeff Weiss)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 41 Ori A) · 41 Ori C · 41 Ori D · 41 the01 Ori · 43 Ori) · 43 the02 Ori · 44 Ori) · 44 iot Ori · Great Orion Nebula · HD36606 · HD36655 · HD36742 · HD36782 · HD36843 · HD36866 · HD36884 · HD36899 · HD36917 · HD36939 · HD36981 · HD36982 · HD36983 · HD36999 · HD37000 · HD37019 · HD37042 · HD37059 · HD37060 · HD37061 · HD37062 · And 27 more.

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M42 Orion Nebula

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M42 Orion Nebula

This is my rendition of the great, canonical M42 Orion Nebula, probably the most studied and photographed DSO in the night sky. It is a diffuse nebula in the middle of the “sword” of the constellation Orion and, at 1344 light years distance, is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. As a consequence," this nebula has revealed much about the process of how stars and planetary systems are formed from collapsing clouds of gas and dust. Astronomers have directly observed protplanetary disks & brown dwarfs within the nebula, intense and turbiulent motions of the gas, and the photo-ionizing effects of massive nearby stars in the nebula" [Wikipedia]..

The 25.3 hrs of LRGBH data were collected in Oct-Nov 2021 by DeepSkyWest in Rio Hurtato, Chile and processed by me in Oct 2023.

Version B: A rather subtle color correction in reducing blue that was too high.

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RA (center)	05h35m05s.35
RA (top/left)	05h38m23s.59
RA (top/right)	05h32m54s.73
RA (bottom/right)	05h31m46s.49
RA (bottom/left)	05h37m15s.90

Dec (center)	-05°25′13″.2
Dec (top/left)	-05°03′00″.1
Dec (top/right)	-04°41′52″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	-05°47′23″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	-06°08′34″.1

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