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My latest version of M42, M43, and NGC1977. With new data from another run I was able to really bring out a lot more of the nebulosity without losing all of the Trapezium stars. I also got a lot more nebulosity out of the so called Running Man Nebula.
Great Orion nebula, M42 and Running Man nebula, NGC 1977. Nikon D5500 on MN152 Maksutov Newtonian telescope (D=152mm, F=731mm). 8x3 min @ ISO100 + 11x30 sec @ ISO200. Taken from my backyard observatory on Dec 03/04, 2019.
This sideways look at Orion's sword is my first look this year at M42, M43 and touches of the Running Man nebula region on the far right of this image. Taken through a Hydrogen Alpha filter this is 10x2minutes subs at 1x1 binning, to avoid blowing out the core. Unfortunately the end of astronomical twilight came too soon for me to gather more subs on this occasion in the early hours of 8 September!
Peter
Equipment used: Atik383L+ mono CCD, HAlpha filter, TS 130mm triplet APO with Riccardi reducer to operate at F5.2, NEQ6 mount.
Made from 17 light frames with 14 dark frames by Starry Sky Stacker 1.3.1. Algorithm: Median
Ioptron Guider Pro
Orion's Sword, the region of sky below Orion's Belt that includes the Orion Nebula(M42), Running Man Nebula(NGC 1977), the open cluster NGC 1981, and Iota Orionis.
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Exposure 70 seconds at ISO 3200
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IMG_0308half_M42area_SN6
Apilado de 215x15s +55x30 s +60x8s (1.5h), f:400mm @ F/5.7, ISO 1600. Canon 1000D +Celestron 70/400, montura CG4. 27/08 y 09/11/2012
15 exposures @ 60 sec, 15 exposures @ 120 sec, 15 exposures @ 240 sec, ISO 800 Camera: Canon EOS 1000D Instrument: Meade 102/700mm APO Refractor
The Orion Nebula and the 'Running Man nebula' are situated in the constellation of Orion, just below its 'belt'. The Orion nebula forms the tip of Orion's sword. Viewed through binoculars or a telescope it does not reveal color, but when photographed, its true beuaty comes out. The very bright part in the centre is a birthplace of stars.
Still a view through a telescope to see a nebula like this one live is an amazing experience, I can recommend it to everyone that has the chance to do so.
Orion Nebula and Running Man Nebula.
Not my best effort by far, but it is my first effort!!
40 frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker then processed in Adobe Photoshop CC. This came up way better than I expected as I only did short exposures as my mount wasn't really setup at all as far as polar alignment goes. I also didn't capture any dark frames which I will do next time.
Looking forward to getting some better images once I get that all setup and can capture some longer exposures with no trailing.
Captured with a Canon 6D Mk2 and EF100-400L f5.6 II lens.
Skywatcher EQ5 mount.
40 x 10s, f5.6, ISO1600. No dark frames used.
The Great Orion Nebula stands out as one of the most wonderful telescopic objects in the sky. The central area is the so-called Huygenian Region, which is a bright zone sharply bounded on the south side, into which protrudes a dark nebula, not unlike the Horsehead Nebula, but more diffuse. The whole area is sprinkled with small stars, many of which are known to be "dust variables", which flicker as dust swirls in and out of their newly born atmospheres. In this region active star birth is taking place. Infrared images of the area "see through" the nebula and reveal young stars newly formed. In Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images the dark globules surrounding these stars can be seen. They are born in dense clouds of dust and gas from the nebula. The Trapezium at the heart of M42 is a remarkable multiple star with four easy components and two which are more difficult to observe, those are hot B-type stars belonging to the Orion Association which are quite young, born in the nebula itself. The three belt stars of Orion as well as the stars Rigel are also part of this association. The whole figure of Orion is alight with faint nebulous light coming from gas excited by these stars.
The Orion Nebula is located at a distance of about 1.500 light years.
NGC 1973/75/77, the Running Man Nebula or Apeman Nebula (located in the upper part in the photograph), is another example of a mixed emission/reflexion/absortion nebula often overlooked because of the much brighter Orion Nebula just half a degree to the south. It is beautifully located in-between and around a group of bright stars. Most of the blue nebulosity is starlight scattered by dust, but some of the stars are sufficiently hot to excite the wisps of hydrogen that linger here and create the distinctive red glow.
Last week, I spent three nights under the city skies with my telescope, camera and a special narrow band filter that lets me image things in space very clearly even from the light polluted areas. This picture is of the Orion Nebula (M42) - a kind of space nursery where stars are starting their lives. It's about 1,350 light-years away, which means it’s really far. Even the light we see has taken 1,350 years to reach us! And this cloud is huge - it would take 24 years to travel from one end to the other at the speed of light!
Up above the Orion Nebula, there’s a scattering of older stars called NGC 1981. Think of it as a distant cosmic neighborhood.
In the same area, there's a place with a funny name, the 'Running Man Nebula' (part of it is called NGC 1975). It has a nice glow, like a soft light behind a fog.
And right next to the big nebula is a smaller one, M43. It's a quiet spot where stars are forming too, separated from the bigger nebula by a dark line of space dust.
All these parts of space are much bigger than they seem, and even though they’re so far away, we can still see them. This picture is like a postcard from the universe, showing us what things looked like over a thousand years ago!
The image with object annotations is available in comments. Imaged by me from Rishon Le-Tzion on March 2024.
Tech details:
Optolong L-Pro 2": 50×60″(50′) (gain: 0.00) -10°C
Optolong L-Ultimate 2": 35×300″(2h 55′) (gain: 100.00) -10°C
Optolong L-Ultimate 2": 50×60″(50′) (gain: 100.00) -10°C
Overall, 4h35’ of imaging time
Equipment:
Scope: Askar FRA600 refractor
Reducer: Askar 0.7 reducer for FRA600
Mount: iOptron CEM70
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI2600MC
Guiding camera: Starlight Xpress Lodestar x2
Guider: ZWO Off-Axis Guider
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Software:
Starkeeper Voyager, Stark Labs PHD 2.6, PixInsight 1.8.9-2
M42 and the Running Man nebula in Orion (aka Orion's Sword).
1000mm @ f/4.9.
Main image: 16 x 10 minutes.
Core: 20 x 1 minute.
Post-processing in PixInsight and CS5.
The Great Orion Nebula and The Running Man Nebula
Composite Image created with:
69 of 75 5sec subs, 70 of 80 10sec subs, and 80 of 94 65sec subs on 12/27/2013
average seeing average transparency
Hap Griffin-modded Astrodon UV/IR filtered T2i w/ MPCC
AT8IN on hypertuned Warps Drive LXD75.
Well Nothing special here but its still nice. Its only 3X5 min Luminance subs taken with the Atik 314L+ and i used my old Canon EOS 5D MKII data for the colour.
Orion and Running Man nebula from backyard, NE Florida.
Sigma 150-600 C paired with D750.
tracked with Star tracker and stacked. Total 1 hour of integration. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and Edited in LR.
Image of The Orion and Running Man Nebula I took on 1-12-2013.
Equipment Used:
Celestron CGEM
StellarVue 80ED
Orion 80ST
Starshoot Autoguider
Self Modded Canon 1000D
Stack of 10x360sec, 15x180sec. Dark subtraction.
One of the most famous regions in the sky.
13x200s frames
Darks and flats
Equipment and software
Imaging:
SkyWatcher 66mm f/6 ED APO
Canon Rebel XS (Baader mod.)
BackyardEOS
Mount & guiding:
SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro
Orion Starshoot Autoguider
SkyWatcher Mak-Cass 90mm
PHD
Stacking & post-processing:
DeepSky Stacker
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Location: Home observatory @ Santa Rita do Passa Quatro - Brazil
This is a bit of amateur astronomy fun with one of the easier - and one of the harder - targets in the UK night sky at the moment. I took the image on the left in January 2011. The only way I could bring out the detail in the Running Man nebula at the top was at the expense of the bright core region in M42 getting a little over-exposed. I was running a test session in 5minute H Alpha images last night to check that I have managed (which thankfully I have) to clear out some dust motes that had got on to the surface of the CCD's sensor, despite its protective casing. The test data was only 40minutes in H Alpha but has scrubbed up well so by adding it to the 2011 data as red HA data I now have a new clearer image on the right without over-exposing the core of M42 and still with a visible Running Man nebula at the top. Nice and colourful for Christmas!
Peter
Equipment used: Atik383L+ mono CCD, Williams EZ MkII 80mm refractor, NEQ6 mount, autoguided with a Lodestar mono CCD through a 60mm Altair Astro guider with a 2x Barlow attached. The colour images are a combination of both H Alpha and RGB data.
The Great Orion Nebula
As the name suggests, it is an iconic nebula in the Orion constellation and it's visible in both Northern and Southern hemispheres, being close to the celestial equator at -5 degrees declination.
Listed as M42 in Messier's catalogue, it seems the brightest nebula to us on Earth with an apparent magnitude of 4 and it's easily visible to the naked eye, identified as Orion's sword.
It is also the closest star nursery to us, at about 1500 light years away, covering an area on the sky a little larger than the full Moon.
At the nebula's center, 4 stars are forming a pattern called the Trapezium, stars which are commonly watched to assess the optical performance of a telescope. This area is so bright that I needed to shoot 2s exposures in order to avoid saturating the sensors.
A bit to the North (left in the image) a smaller nebula around a single star is M43, or De Mairan's nebula.
Moving even more to the North, another well known nebula is the Running Man nebula.
The nebulosity in this area is caused both by light emitted by ionized gases (red is mostly hydrogen and blue/green/teal is mostly oxygen) as light reflected from stars on dust particles. The darker rims are denser areas of dust blocking the light coming from behind.
For this image I shot more than 9h, both from the backyard and traveling to dark sites to really catch the faint signal without the light pollution's noise in the way.
sky watcher 12" dobsonian, canon 600d, 35 x 20 sec subs @ iso 3200, DSS and CS6.
NGC 1977, a reflection nebula located in the constellation Orion at a distance of 1,500 light years from Earth. Sometimes called the running man nebula :)
The lower part of the Orion constellation. The three girdle stars with Alnitak and in his neighbourhood the flame nebula and the horsehead nebula are easily visible. In the sword, M42 and the running man nebula are visible. Not easy to find find is M78 above left of Alnitak. The large red half circle in the image is Barnards loop.
A single 8minute ISO800 shot of the Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977). I need to figure out how to get rid of the lens flare rings around the brighter stars around the edges of the frame. It is the focal reducer's fault I believe.
Shot with a Sony NEX-5. Guiding with the Orion SSAG and 50mm mini guidescope piggybacked on 8" SCT w/ f/6.3 reducer mounted on CG-5GT.
M42 - The Orion nebula and NGC1977 - The running man nebula.
The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion.
NGC1977 and M42, taken with modified Canon Rebel XS through Orion 80ED telescope with field flattener / focal reducer (FL=510mm, F/6.4). Location: Cedar Key, FL. Composite image using: 11 subexposures, each at ISO1600 for 480s + 10 subexposures, each at ISO1600 for 120s + 10 subexposures, each at ISO1600 for 30s + 10 subexposures, each at ISO1600 for 8s . Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker with dark, flat, and bias calibration frames. Final processing with Photoshop CS5 and Noise Ninja.
My second shot at the Orion Nebula, composed this time to capture the nearby Running Man reflection nebulae.
8 x 10 minutes @ 800 ISO. M42 core area reconstructed from exposures from my previous image (10 x 15 sec @ 400 ISO, 10 x 30 sec @ 400 IS0).
As before, 1000mm @ f/4.9 with a stock Canon 40D.
EDIT 2/27/2009: I managed to remove some of the gradient with the GradientXTerminator photoshop plugin. That and an increase in the black point improved the contrast.
Running Man Nebula (NGC1977). A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen gas and plasma. It is the first stage of a star's cycle. This picture was taken October 8, 2007 by Doug Spalding near Butler, MO. Equipment used was a CGE1100 telescope equipped with Hyperstar (F/2) with an Orion DSCI II imager. 17 images X 60 sec each. Stacked with Maxim DL essentials.
This photo won 3rd place in the first ever Orion Starshoot Contest sponsored by Orion Telescopes in Spring, 2008.
The data for Orion came from my friend Alan Lorrain on our latest trip to the mountain of Teide on Tenerife. I have processed the image for him here.
The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. It is 1,344 ± 20 light-years (412.1 ± 6.1 pc) away and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across. It has a mass of about 2,000 times that of the Sun. Older texts frequently refer to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula.
The Orion Nebula is one of the most scrutinised and photographed objects in the night sky, and is among the most intensely studied celestial features. The nebula has revealed much about the process of how stars and planetary systems are formed from collapsing clouds of gas and dust. Astronomers have directly observed protoplanetary disks and brown dwarfs within the nebula, intense and turbulent motions of the gas, and the photo-ionising effects of massive nearby stars in the nebula. [Information care of Wikipedia]
The Running Man Nebula is a popular target for amateur astrophotographers, as it lies close to the Orion Nebula and has many nearby guide stars. The outline of the running man shows up primarily in photographs; it is difficult to perceive visually through telescopes, though the reflection nebula itself is visible in small to medium apertures in dark skies. It is know as Sharpless Sh2-279 and comprises three NGC nebulae, NGC 1973, NGC 1975, and NGC 1977 that are divided by darker nebulous regions. It also includes the open cluster NGC 1981. The brightest nebulosity, later listed as NGC 1977, was discovered by William Herschel in 1786. The two smaller reflection nebulae were first noted by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, NGC 1973 in 1862 and NGC 1975 in 1864. All three were included in the New General Catalogue in 1888. The designation NGC 1977 is used in various sources for the reflection area around 42 Orionis (the south-east portion of the reflection nebula), for the entire reflection nebula (including NGC 1973 and NGC 1975), or for the whole nebula complex.
This whole region in Orion's Sword was also later catalogued as Orion 1c. In 1966, van den Bergh distinguished the weak clustering of reflection nebulae that includes Sh2-279 as Ori R2. Every reflection nebula appearing within the Sharpless catalogue was first identified on blue plates of the Palomar Sky Survey, and then double checked against the red plates to eliminate possible plate faults. Van den Berg found that there was a strong concentration of new T Tauri stars around the Orion Nebula, tapering off into a tail approaching Sh2-279. [Information care of Wikipedia]
Telescope - Williams Optics 71
Camera - ASI294MC
Guiding - ASIAIR
Image Capture - ASIAIR
Mount - AM5
File - M42 Int DBE HDR Blur Noise GHS Curves.JPG
Tenerife
Date Taken - December 2024
7,000 feet
All processing in PixInsight
is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with apparent magnitude 4.0. It is 1,344 ± 20 light-years away and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light-years across (so its apparent size from Earth is approximately 1 degree). It has a mass of about 2,000 times that of the Sun. Older texts frequently refer to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula.
The Running Man Nebula Sh2-279 comprises three NGC nebulae, NGC 1973, NGC 1975, and NGC 1977 that are divided by darker nebulous regions. It also includes the open cluster NGC 1981. The brightest nebulosity, later listed as NGC 1977, was discovered by William Herschel in 1786. He catalogued it as "H V 30" and described "!! 42 Orionis and neb[ula]". The two smaller reflection nebulae were first noted by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, NGC 1973 in 1862 and NGC 1975 in 1864. All three were included in the New General Catalogue in 1888. The designation NGC 1977 is used in various sources for the reflection area around 42 Orionis (the south-east portion of the reflection nebula), for the entire reflection nebula (including NGC 1973 and NGC 1975), or for the whole nebula complex.
Grande nébuleuse d'Orion (M42) Orion nebula
Nébuleuse de l'homme qui court (NGC 1975 et NGC 1977) Running Man nebula
Nikon D5100
William Optics ZenithStar 73
60x30 sec + DOF
F/5,9 -- Iso 200
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
Traitement: DeepSkyStacker + Gimp (traitement draft)
AstroM1
(r.1.1.0)
At the end of two sessions on M45 and M31, I take some subs of the Orion Nebula. As the framing was not perfectly the same, I had to crop the image.
My first Processing with PixInsight, and I've really enjoy it !
Now let's wait for some clear Skies ! 😋
Canon 60D (Full Spectrum)
William Optics Redcat 51
Skywatcher Star Adventurer
Skytech L-PRO MAX
Lights : 130 x 60 sec @ ISO 1600
Darks : 250 ~ Flats : 100 ~ Offsets : 100
Orion is one of the most recognizable constellations in the night sky even in light polluted Singapore!
Three bright stars Zeta (Alnitak), Epsilon (Alnilam), and Delta (Mintaka) make up the asterism, Orion's Belt. Just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt, is the Flame Nebula (NGC2024) and the fainter Horsehead Nebula (IC434).
Orion's Sword is another compact asterism south of the Orion's Belt. It comprises three stars (42 Orionis, Theta Orionis, and Iota Orionis) and M42, the Orion Nebula, which together are thought to resemble a sword.
Multiple nebulae are located here which include the Running Man Nebula (Sh2-279) and M43.
Sony A6000
Samyang 135mm F2.0
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
Tripod
Singapore, Bortle 8
ISO400
Light Frames - 218 x 15secs (manually dithered in RA and DEC)
Dark Frames - 30 x 15secs
Flat Frames - 30
Bias Frames - 50
Deep Sky Stacker
StarTools - 71% Bin, Autodev, Crop, Wipe, Super Structure, Decon, Color, Denoise
Lightroom - Purple defringe, Vibrance, Highlights
Orion Nebula (M42/NGC 1976) and Running Man Nebula (Sh2-279)
I extracted the starless Red channel from the L-eXtreme integration and combined with the RGB image from the UV-IR Blocking filter to enhance the reds.
The RGB image is with the Astronomik L2 UV-IR Blocking Filter under Bortle 4 skies of Joshua Tree National Park. I arrived late at 10 PM, so I only kept 10 subs at 180 secs before the background became too bright due to the light pollution near the horizon.
The extracted red Ha channel is with the Optolong L-eXtreme Filter under Bortle 8 skies at home.
I attempted an HDR composite by imaging at 10, 30, and 180 seconds to retain the detail and color near the Orion Trapezium Cluster and pull out the faint nebulosity.
Total Time:
L-eXtreme – Montclair, CA
39 x 10 sec = 6 min 30 sec
40 x 30 sec = 20 min
97 x 180 sec = 4 hrs 51 min
Integration Time: 5 hrs 17 min 30 sec
UV-IR Blocking – Joshua Tree National Park, CA
20 x 10 sec = 3 min 20 sec
20 x 30 sec = 10 min
10 x 180 sec = 30 min
Integration Time: 43 min 20 sec
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Location: Montclair, California, USA (Bortle 8); Cholla Cactus Garden, Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA (Bortle 4)
Date: January 1-5, 2022; January 28, 2022
Moon: New Moon; Waning Crescent (12%)
Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC Pro
Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 61II APO f/5.9
Flattener/Reducer: William Optics FLAT61A Field Flattener
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme 2”; #astronomikfilters L2 UV-IR Blocking 2”
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini
Guide Scope: William Optics UniGuide 32 f/3.75
Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Battery: Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 300
Camera Settings: Gain 100 | f/5.9 | 10 sec, 30 sec, 180 sec
Software: PixInsight, Topaz Labs Denoise AI, Adobe Lightroom Classic
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Copyright © 2022 Steven K. Wu Photography. All Rights Reserved.
Just going through some old data. I took this way back in December of 2011 before I had my field flattener (please ignore the footballs:) or even knew what I was doing for that matter. This was taken at my astronomy clubs observatory on my very first night there, I will never forget it!
18 x 150 sec
Unmodded Canon Xsi
SW EQ-6
LRGB composite, multiple exposure durations, total approx. 4 hrs over two nights. From left The Running Man nebula (NGC1977) and the Great Orion Nebula (M42/M43).
The stars are significantly saturated in color channels leading colored bands around them (could try star reduction to eliminate the problem). I'm not completely satisfied with the quality of the TSQuad65 used to take this. I can't get it to focus into pinpoint stars.
M42 is the bright main part of the Orion Nebula.
M43 is the small round part separated by a dark lane above
M42.
The bluish nebula above M43 is the Running Man Nebula,
NGC 1973/1975/1977.
Equipment: Nikon D5300, Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD lens, and iOptron Skytracker. Taken at 300mm, f/8.0, ISO 12800, 41 frames of 30" each plus 39 darks. Stacked in Regim and cropped/processed in Lightroom.
I only managed to secure 30 one minute exposures. This was stacked, processed and cropped. Taken from my backyard, 90 minutes should be the ideal to bring out more detail. Canon 550D, Sigma 150-500mm lens piggyback on Meade LX200GPS 2500mm telescope. M42 is the Orion Nebula in the constellation of Orion. The Running Man Nebula is at the bottom of the image. Slightly from the middle of the image towards the upper left corner a satellite passed through.
NGC1973/NGC1975, also known as The Running Man Nebula, located in the Constelation of Orion. This is a combination of 25 exposures of 180 seconds at ISO800, taken with a Canon XTi attached at prime focus to my LX200 with a f6.3 focal reducer/field flattener. The exposures were calibrated with 25 each of darks, bias, and flats in ImagesPlus 2.82. Processing was done with ImagesPlus 2.82 and PhotoShop CS.
After nearly 3 months of bad weather and no time on the odd night when the skies were clear, I finally got back at my telescope.
Here's a single, unprocessed 30 second exposure of the Orion Nebula. The Running Man Nebula is in the top left, glowing quite faintly.
This shot is typical of the 50 - 30 second exposures that were used in stacking for the three images that follow:
2011-01-30 Orion Nebula Version A, B, C.
The sky was kind of murky, and my LXD75 mount is still unguided and prone to vibrations, but I think when I'm done with this it will be a bit better than my past attempts since I ditched my Meade SN-10AT telescope for a Skywatcher 190mm Maksutov Newtonian. The stars are much sharper and smaller.
My „first light“ with the 750mm newton in end 2021/beginning 2022 once
To the left there is the big, mighty Orion Nebula and to the right you see the so called „Running Man“ Nebula
Its one of the few deep sky objects visible to the bare eye and already very good to see with any binoculars. So it was also my first image i took with the telescope with my very limited navigation capabilities on the night sky
This is a reprocess of the Running Man Nebula. situated next to the Great Orion Nebula. This is an LRGB Image taken with a 10" RC f/8 with 0.73 focal reducer. Camera SBIG ST10 XME on a CGE mount. Unguided with 50x1 min. for Lum. 30x1min for Red - 24x1 min. for Green and 38x1min. for Blue. Apo-Len-Di observatories - Attard - Malta
The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated south of Orion's Belt. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344±20 light years and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across. Older texts frequently referred to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula.
NGC 1973/5/7 is a reflection nebula 1/2 degree northeast of the Orion Nebula. The three NGC objects are divided by darker regions. It is also called the The Running Man Nebula and Sharpless Catalog 279.
30x2min 30x1min subs, 1hour 30min combined exposure.
Skywatcher Explorer 190 MN Pro telescope,Skywatcher EQ6 Pro mount., Scopos 80mm guide scope. Starlight Xpress SXVF M25C camera, SX Lodestar guide camera, Astronomik CLS light pollution filter. Processed and acquired using Maxim DL5, Photoshop CS2, Noel Carboni's actions and Star Spikes Pro. Harrold Observatory, Harrold, Bedfordshire, UK. 18/10/09
A widefield image of the famous Orion Star Region including the Orion Nebula Running Man Nebula Flame Nebula and Horsehead Nebula 23 minutes of exposure time at F2.0 300mm equivalent focal length.
Taken with Olympus OMD EM1 Camera and Zuiko 150mm F2.0 Lens on IOptron Skytracker Mount Processed with Deepskystacker and Neatimage