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M42 Trapezium   © Ken Crawford      Rancho Del Sol Observatory  MPC G67
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Ha 5nm 150 minutes
OIII 3nm 160 minutes
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The Orion nebula or M42 is one of the brightest and closest nebulae in the night sky. It has also been the most studied and it contains areas of star forming regions and excellent structures formed by the stellar winds of the very young open cluster, the Trapezium. This image was produced with the light of Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Sulphur.
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The bow shock LL Orionis is shown in the cropped image on the left. The same area taken by the Hubble.

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