Photographic Data: Meade 10 inch Schmidt Cassigrain Telescope at f / 6.5 on Losmandy G11 mount. Exposure: A composite of three exposures of 60, 40, and 15 minutes. Film: Hypered Kodak PJ400. Date: March 5, 2000.

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Object Information:  The Great Orion Nebula is well known to all who participate in the study of Astronomy.  Recognized as one of the premier objects in the entire sky, it is likely the most observed and photographed.  Even now, its explosions and waterfall-like cascades of dust and gasses are collapsing and coalescing under the force of gravity providing a stellar nursery where new worlds may form.

The Orion Nebula - M42