M42 Orion Nebula

This is M42 (Orion Nebula) and NGC 1977 (Running Man Nebula). Image taken with an 80mm f/6 Orion ED80T CF APO refractor. Astro-Tech Field Flattener and Astromomik CLS filter.

 

This is a stack of sixteen five 5 minute exposures combined with ten 20 second exposures for the bright core region of M42. Image taken on 12/1/2011 and 12/26/2011

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