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Jelieta Walinski
Hickiwan, AZ, USA
01/20/2023

Equipment Details:

Optics: Celestron Nexstar Evolution 9.25 235mm f/10 Schmidth Cassegrain Telescope

Mount: Sky Watcher EQ-6R PRO Computerized Equatorial Mount - S30300

Camera: ZWO - ASI2600MCPRO

ZWO 30F4 Miniscope

ZWO Asi 462MC Planetary Camera

ZWO AsiAir Pro Wifi Camera Controller

ZWO Standard Electronic Automatic Focuser EAF-5V

Optolong L-Pro 2” Multiband Pass Filter

Post-processing Details:

Images were downloaded trhough Bridge, stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, processed in pixinshight and photoshop.

Image Details:

This is Orion Nebula, known as Messier 42 or M42 in the Constellation of Orion. In this image you can see also the De Mairans Nebula known as M43, and Running Man Nebula.

According to some of my readings, this is a cosmic nursery. Based on that particular information as a woman photographer who loves deep dark sky, on the process of editing this image I was very carefull in my editing so I can show the embryonic cords that enveloped in this mysterious, beautiful, and amazing nebula, or me the surrounding is fragile. I see a lot of "umblical cords" I mean dust and gas. I want to show it beauty!