Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri
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M42 w/No Calibration, Gabriel Carlson
M42 w/No Calibration
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M42 w/No Calibration

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M42 w/No Calibration, Gabriel Carlson
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M42 w/No Calibration

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Quick shot of M42.  I was wrestling with my hardware all night (that happens whenever I muck with a good thing thinking I can make it work better...one would think I would learn to leave well enough alone.  A glutton for punishment.). I was unable to find a guide star so these are unguided 30s subs, and after being unable to get WiFi working after the meridian flip, I bagged it for the night and didn't get any calibration frames.  The flashy looking diffraction spikes are coming from the overhead power lines in my driveway I had to shoot through.  100 frames through an L-Pro is all I had in me so thats what I stacked and mangled in Photoshop with Camera Raw.  A poor attempt for a number of reasons, but still better than my first Orion a year ago.

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M42 w/No Calibration, Gabriel Carlson