At the heart of Messier 42—the Orion Nebula—lies a turbulent stellar nursery just 1,350 light-years away, where gas and dust swirl in a chaotic dance of creation. This image captures the nebula’s intensely bright core, a high-dynamic-range composition that preserves both the brilliant Trapezium star cluster and the dim, sculpted tendrils of ionized hydrogen and oxygen. The Trapezium’s fierce ultraviolet radiation carves and illuminates the surrounding gas, shaping cavities and jets from newly forming stars buried within the nebula.

Far from a static scene, the core of Orion is a theater of evolution. Stellar winds, shock waves, and magnetic fields drive a cycle of destruction and creation, with infant protostars still forming within cocoons of dust. Hidden within this brightness are features such as proplyds—planetary systems in the making—offering an unparalleled view into the conditions that may mirror our own solar system’s beginnings.

I Image Description and Details :

Setup: Skywatcher 200/800 + Qhy10 CCD + Optolong L-Pro/ Neq6 rowan Mod / 50mm guide scope + asi 120 mm mini / 36*300s, gain 3 temp -10
Zone: Penne (Italy), bortle class 5/6

Copyright: Mazzocchetti Marco

Image Description:

Picture was captured 5 and 6 november 2021 in Chile, Borttle 4 class . Telescope WO ZenithStar 103, Reductor 0.8, Mount Ioptron Cem40, Filter: UVIR Cut Optolong, Asiairpro, Autoguide 240 mm. 160 lights at 180 secs, 180 lights at10 secs, 100 flats, 100 darks, processed in Pixinsight for Mac.

Copyright: Fabrizzio Falconi Romanini

2 panel mosaic crop

C 8 Hyperstar

C 14 Hyperstar

Starlight Xpress M25 C

Starlight Xpress 694 C

QHY 247 C

Baader L Booster Filter

Copyright: JP Pecorino

Date image was taken: 1/5/2020

Image Title: Orion Costellation

Image Description and Details : Orion Costellation
Sharpstar Optics 76EDPH Artesky
Qhyccd 600 Mono
Filter Optolong Astronomy Filter Narrowband improved version
44 light 600 sec HA
44 Light 300 sec Red
33 Light 300 sec Green
22 Light 300 sec Blu
Software APT - Astro Photography ToolPixinsight Photoshop

Copyright: Andrea Maggi

In this capture you can find the emission nebula (M42), a combination of emission and reflection nebula (IC434) and the reflection nebula (M78). Other objects can be found in addition to the three main actors in the photograph. Down under the capture details I named all objects in the field I am familiar with.

This picture shows emission nebula (M42), a combination of emission and reflection nebula (ic434) and a pure reflection nebula (M 78).

List of objects:
M42, NGC1975 (Running Man), NGC1981, NGC1999, IC430, Orion AD N Complex, IC434, NGC2024, NGC2023, IC432, NGC1990, CR70, M78, NGC2071

Stars:
Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka

Tech.Details:

Scope: William Optics Spacecat 51
Cam: Nikon D810 Astrocool
Filter: Hutechidas Lps D1
Exif.: 55 x300" ISO 1600

Image Copyright: JN-Astrophotography