M42 Orion Nebula - a photo on Flickriver

M42 Orion Nebula

            It's that time of year when the temperature and the leaves drop and the sun sets earlier giving rise to long, dark cool nights. It is around this time the mighty constellation of Orion the Hunter strides up into the early night sky, bringing with it all the astronomical activity of that region of sky. The most famous of which are the Great Orion Nebula (M42) in the middle of Orion's sword, and the Horsehead Nebula near the left end of Orion's Belt.

This picture is of the Great Orion Nebula, M42. The nebula is only 1,500 light-years away, making it the closest, large, star-forming region to Earth and giving it such a bright appearance that it looks like a star to the naked eye.

I have taken pictures of this before and no doubt will again. 

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Picture taken using:

Seestar S50 with LP filter
229 Lights at 10 seconds
 
Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated and processed in PixInsight.

Captions added in Photoshop CS4

Taken on: November 14, 2024

Tags:

M42

Messier42

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astronomy

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Sets appears in: • Astronomy • Messier Objects more » • Nebulae • Seestar S50 « less

Groups appears in: • astrometry • BBC Sky at Night and Stargazing Live more » • Amateur Astro-Photography • Seestar S50 « less

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