The Sword of Orion (Matt Harbison)

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Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape
Artificial satellite

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

Submitted The date and time when you submitted this image for IOTD/TP consideration.	...
Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

41 the01 Ori · 42 c Ori · 43 the02 Ori · 44 iot Ori · 45 Ori · 46 eps Ori · 48 sig Ori · 49 d Ori · 50 zet Ori · 51 b Ori · Alnilam · Alnitak · B33 · Flame Nebula · Great Orion Nebula · Hatysa · Horsehead nebula · IC 420 · IC 430 · IC 431 · IC 432 · IC 434 · IC 435 · LBN 924 · LBN 925 · LBN 927 · LBN 928 · LBN 933 · LBN 934 · LBN 938 · LBN 939 · LBN 944 · LBN 946 · LBN 950 · LBN 953 · LBN 954 · LBN 958 · LBN 962 · LBN 963 · LBN 965 · LBN 967 · LBN 974 · LBN 977 · LBN 979 · LDN 1630 · LDN 1635 · LDN 1636 · LDN 1640 · LDN 1641 · Lower Sword · M 42 · M 43 · M 78 · Mairan's Nebula · NGC 1973 · NGC 1975 · NGC 1976 · NGC 1977 · NGC 1980 · NGC 1981 · NGC 1982 · NGC 1999 · NGC 2023 · NGC 2024 · NGC 2064 · NGC 2067 · NGC 2068 · NGC 2071 · Orion B · Orion Nebula · PK204-13.1 · PK204-16.1 · Part of the constellation Orion (Ori) · Sh2-277 · Sh2-279 · Sh2-281 · The star 42Ori · The star 49Ori · The star 51Ori · The star Alnilam (εOri) · The star Alnitak (ζOri) · The star θ1Ori · The star θ2Ori · The star ιOri · The star σOri · Upper Sword · VdB42 · VdB44 · VdB48 · VdB51 · VdB59 · VdB60 · the Running Man Nebula

Status	Advanced success
Started	...
PixInsight job	5X2H0P7AWLU3LBBBO3ITDZD0671O3I5W
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	05h40m35s.1
RA (top/left)	05h41m16s.6
RA (top/right)	05h28m26s.3
RA (bottom/right)	05h39m54s.5
RA (bottom/left)	05h52m41s.5

Dec (center)	-02°27′56″
Dec (top/left)	+02°27′27″
Dec (top/right)	-06°20′49″
Dec (bottom/right)	-07°23′13″
Dec (bottom/left)	+01°25′54″

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Image of the day 03/13/2017