M42 - The Great Orion Nebula

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M42 - The Great Orion Nebula

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M42 (also known as NGC1976) is one of the brightest Nebula of the night sky.
This diffuse nebula is located on the south of the Orion's Belt in the Orion constellation.

It is relative large and bright making it the easiest Nebula to image.

The photo shown here is not trim. On the right of M42 is the Running Nebula NGC1977.

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Wow very nice! What setup are you using?
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Amazing shot by beginner! :) already look amazing in my phone screen now. Can't wait to see it on my monitor when I m back home. Thanks for sharing!
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Jonash,

Thanks.
Your setup also can do it.
You have to know your instruments and their characteristic.

Of course to start with you will need a fairly good sky and most important no light pollution.
Imaging time will have to correspond to your telescope speed.
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Nice image! thanks for sharing...your ID shouldn't be beginner anymore :)
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Gary and KKK26

Thank you for nice comments.
And thanks for viewing.

Regards,
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