Great Orion Nebula (M42)

This was shown on WKOW TV 27 News for their 'Photo of the day' segment, July 2011.

 

This nebula is approx 1500 lightyears away. Its a stellar Nursery where stars are being formed. I took the lens off my Rebel XTi and connected the camera to my telescope which gave me 40x power magnification...ISO 1600 at 30 second exposure.

(Single Image / No Photoshop) **Explore - March 3, 2009... View Large

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