The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42) is a diffuse nebula in the Milky Way situated south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion and is known as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion. NGC1977 is also visible towards the top of the image. M42 It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with an apparent magnitude of 4.0. It is 1,344 ± 20 light-years from Earth. Two panel mosaic of 140x60sec fits exposures captured across two nights in N.I.N.A 3.1 and stacked in Siril 1.4.0. Telescope: Orion 8" 1000mm f4.9 Newtonian reflector. Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Guide Scope: Meade 800mm f10 reduced to f5 with Atik x.5 focal length reducer (ADM rings). Imaging Camera: Canon T3i with full spectrum modification. Guide Camera: Meade DSI Pro monochrome 16bit camera. Imaging camera in prime focus. Filtration used: · · Resolution 6051 x 4731