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 Orion Nebula  ·  Hatysa  ·  LBN 974  ·  LDN 1640  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  Sh2-279  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  Upper Sword  ·  And 2 more.
M42 from Calico, CA, Mike Bleiweiss
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M42 from Calico, CA

M42 from Calico, CA, Mike Bleiweiss
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M42 from Calico, CA

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Near the edge of the Mojave Desert just outside of Barstow is this old ghost town Calico.  About a Bortle 3-4 area due to the highway lights and the nearby city, but beautiful dark skies nonetheless.  I put my trusty old AVX mount outside the family van for the night and took a crack at M42.

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M42 from Calico, CA, Mike Bleiweiss