Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  42 Ori)  ·  43 Ori)  ·  44 Ori)  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star 45 Ori  ·  The star Hatysa (ι Ori  ·  The star Mizan Batil I (c Ori  ·  The star Mizan Batil II (θ2 Ori  ·  The star Trapezium (θ1 Ori A  ·  The star θ1 Ori C  ·  The star θ1 Ori D  ·  the Running Man Nebula
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M42 Orion Nebula, jeffreycymmer
M42 Orion Nebula
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M42 Orion Nebula

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M42 Orion Nebula, jeffreycymmer
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M42 Orion Nebula

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As many other amateur astronomers have done, M42 was the first deep sky object I photographed.  I really mean photograph.  I used a Celestron C8 and Olympus OM-1 SLR using Technical Pan black and white film.  This was done probably in 1987.

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M42 Orion Nebula, jeffreycymmer