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The Great Orion Nebula (M42), Terry Hancock

The Great Orion Nebula (M42)

The Great Orion Nebula (M42), Terry Hancock

The Great Orion Nebula (M42)

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(This is the image I used for my recent 4 panel mosaic.)

Captured using the QHY11S Monochrome CCD/Takahashi Epsilon ED-180 F2.8 Astrograph, January 2nd and February 22nd, this is 10 x 480 second sub exposures in H-Alpha, 7 x 120 second each LRGB for a total exposure/integration time of 2.2 Hours.

The constellation of Orion is home to many treasures, including the Orion Nebula seen here. A small part of the immense Orion Molecular Cloud, M42 is perhaps the most studied extra-solar object in the sky.

It is so very close to the Earth, only 1350 light-years, that this star forming region has opened the door to our understanding the processes that create stars and planetary systems. Only 24 light-years across, The Orion Nebula contains at least 2000 newborn stars with many still forming.

The mosaic can be seen here www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=662698247110455&set=p... or on flickr

www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/12955929143/

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The Great Orion Nebula (M42), Terry Hancock