Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 Ori)  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 Ori)  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  44 Ori)  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  HD294220  ·  HD294221  ·  HD294222  ·  HD294259  ·  HD294261  ·  HD294262  ·  HD294263  ·  HD294293  ·  HD36445  ·  HD36539  ·  HD36540  ·  HD36550  ·  HD36559  ·  HD36560  ·  HD36593  ·  HD36606  ·  HD36629  ·  HD36655  ·  And 214 more.
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M 42 The Great Orion Nebula, Bernd Limburg
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M 42 The Great Orion Nebula

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M 42 The Great Orion Nebula

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After 3 years, I finally managed to image the number one Deep Sky object, the Great Orion Nebula M 42. Conditions were not perfect but OK, a bit too much moonlight maybe and drifting clouds in the last of the 3 nights it took to finish the 3.8 hours of exposure.

Because of the small focal length of 336 mm I used 2x Drizzle Integration, resulting in such a large image. But so even dim/small stars remain well-defined and round at large zoom factors.

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M 42 The Great Orion Nebula, Bernd Limburg