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The Great Orion Nebula

"Where I’ve always been going.. Home! The long way around" (Dr.who)

This is the (Great) Orion nebula, also known as M42, it's a giant cloud of interstellar dust and gas. In it many new stars are currently forming, some of them also having planets forming around them.

It is one of the most visible nebula in the northern hemisphere, you just need a pair of binoculars to start observing it. I find such nebulae mesmerising, and wanted to share this image I took.

Here is the Sword of Orion, the cluster of stars and the Orion Nebula that make up the sword in Orion the Hunter.

Pentax K-3, 300mm f/4, 10s, ISO 125.

The Orion Nebula | Shot from the rim of the Grand Canyon in December, 2017.

A stack of 5 exposures to minimize noise and get as much confidence as possible about the details presented.

The Orion Nebula, as seen from my light-polluted back yard. This is about 10 minutes worth of total exposure time, stacked to enhance detail and reduce image noise.