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M42 Great Orion Nebula Dec 2020, Mike Bleiweiss
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M42 Great Orion Nebula Dec 2020

M42 Great Orion Nebula Dec 2020, Mike Bleiweiss
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M42 Great Orion Nebula Dec 2020

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First attempt at Orion Nebula. Taken in the backyard 12 Dec 2020 using 25 stacked 1 minute exposures. Processed with SharpCap Pro with some cleanup in gimp.

This is also my first attempt at doing some sharpening in gimp - removing some of the edge star coma although I left that one flaring star top left corner I thought was pretty cool.

I am very new to this but enjoying it immensely and have much to learn.

One of my favorite deep space objects, the first one I ever found on my own with a telescope many years ago. Glad to have my own photo of it.

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M42 Great Orion Nebula Dec 2020, Mike Bleiweiss