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Community photo entitled Messier 42 The Great Nebula in Orion by Shaurya Salunkhe on 12/07/2024 at Pune, Maharashtra, India

Messier 42 The Great Nebula in Orion

On 12/07/2024 by Shaurya Salunkhe| Pune, Maharashtra, India

Messier 42
Great nebula in orion

The Orion nebula, located approximately 1344 light years away in the orions sword, is one of the brightest nebulae visible in the night sky.

It is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. It is estimated to be 24 light years across and has the mass of 2000 suns.

It is a very dusty region of space with lots of gas and new born stars.

Nikon Z50
Nikkor 50-250mm f4.5-6.3
Iexos-100-2pmc 8

Stacked around 6 hours of data
Post processed in siril/ photoshop with external softwares like graxpert, cosmic clarity and starnet