Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  41 the01 Ori  ·  43 Ori)  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  HD36655  ·  HD36782  ·  HD36866  ·  HD36884  ·  HD36917  ·  HD36939  ·  HD36981  ·  HD36982  ·  HD36999  ·  HD37042  ·  HD37061  ·  HD37062  ·  HD37114  ·  HD37115  ·  HD37150  ·  HD37174  ·  HD37188  ·  LBN 974  ·  LDN 1640  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1976  ·  And 7 more.
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M42 in its Prime, Jeremy Likness
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M42 in its Prime

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M42 in its Prime, Jeremy Likness
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M42 in its Prime

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It's a popular target, but it never gets old. Although I've visited the Great Orion Nebula (M42) and de Mairan's Nebula (M43) many times before, I believe this is my most detailed capture yet. The data is from two sessions with Stellina taken exactly one year apart on March 4th, 2021, and 2022. I sifted by hand through over 700 10-second captures to cull it down to around 560 of the "cleanest", stacked it in AstroPixel Processor and processed it in PixInsight.

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M42 in its Prime, Jeremy Likness