Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  36 Ori)  ·  36 ups Ori  ·  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 Ori)  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 Ori)  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  44 Ori)  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  48 Ori  ·  48 sig Ori  ·  49 Ori)  ·  49 d Ori  ·  B33  ·  De Mairan's nebula  ·  Flame Nebula  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Hatysa  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 420  ·  IC 430  ·  IC 434  ·  LBN 950  ·  LBN 958  ·  LBN 962  ·  LBN 963  ·  And 43 more.
M42 with a little horse head., Andrew Burwell
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M42 with a little horse head.

M42 with a little horse head., Andrew Burwell
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M42 with a little horse head.

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My final dark site image taken in New Mexico. I love this nebula, and I've never taken the time to do a decent rendition, as from home, it's not visible in my back yard for more than about two hours. But with the clear skies and the open view I had in New Mexico, I was able to spend 5 solid hours imaging this. My only regret was not taking any short subs for an HDR composite. I think this is a lovely image, and to my surprise, and thanks to the horrible centering job the ASIAir does after a meridian flip, it managed to grab a few hours of the Horse Head nebula right at the edge and I was able to blend out the line separating the pre and post meridian flip images.

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Description: A revision of this image using NoiseXterminator in the linear stage before stretching. It helps to bring out an enormous amount of additional detail.

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Description: Reprocess of this target using NoiseX, BlurX, and StarX. Really fantastic what can be done with these images.

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M42 with a little horse head., Andrew Burwell