Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1982  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri
Another M42, James Hixon
Another M42
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Another M42

Another M42, James Hixon
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Another M42

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One of the things I love most about astrophotography is that we do not set out to take the best photo of a given object. We set out to take OUR best photo of a given object. Striving to beat any Hubble image is futile. But, beating our last image is quite exciting.

This is my best M42 so far, and I'm very excited about it. Of course, I'm still critical of it, but mostly I'm excited.

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Description: Complete reedit, working on luminance and color separately. A bit more saturation, a bit more detail.

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Another M42, James Hixon