Object:

The Orion Nebula Messier 42, M42 is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way Galaxy, south of Orion’s Belt in the constellation of Orion. M42 is located 1344 light years away and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344 ± 20 light years.

The Running Man Nebula Sh2-279 is a popular target for amateur astrophotographers, as it lies close to the Orion Nebula and has many guide stars. The outline of the running man shows up primarily in photographs; it is difficult to perceive visually through telescope, thought the reflection nebula itself is visible in small to medium apertures in dark skies.

Taken: March 31, 2019

Telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 80 ED Triplet APO Refractor

Mount: Paramount ME II unguided

Camera: ZWO ASI1600MC-Pro (cooled to -15C; unity gain) Bin 1×1.

Focuser: Manual

Exposures: 30×100 sec. for a total exposure time of 50 minutes; calibrated with 100 bias frames, 25 dark frames, 32 flat frames with 32 dark-flats

Seeing Conditions: Above average. Bortle 5 region.

Processed with PixInsight and Photoshop CC 2019