Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  42 Ori)  ·  43 Ori)  ·  44 Ori)  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star 45 Ori  ·  The star Hatysa (ι Ori  ·  The star Mizan Batil I (c Ori  ·  The star Mizan Batil II (θ2 Ori  ·  The star Trapezium (θ1 Ori A  ·  The star θ1 Ori C  ·  The star θ1 Ori D  ·  the Running Man Nebula
M42 Orion Nebula, Michael Gruenwald
M42 Orion Nebula
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M42 Orion Nebula

M42 Orion Nebula, Michael Gruenwald
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M42 Orion Nebula

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M42 is probably the most often imaged DSO. with this version I tried to NOT go "GHS crazy", which IMHO makes for a certainly less exciting, but much more pleasing image. The dynamic range is huge, so while in the unstretched masters the Trapezium is well resolved, I opted to not to use post processing shenanigans  to show it in the final image.

After photo calibration I processed stars separately, and performed very standard stretch and curves processes before applying noiseXterminator. 

I am personally quite happy with the reintroduction of the RGB stars, which is muted enough to let M42, M43 and NGC1977 do the talking.

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M42 Orion Nebula, Michael Gruenwald