a large star cluster in the middle of a night sky
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a large star cluster in the middle of a night sky

This is a picture of The Great Orion and Running Man Nebulae (M42) that I managed to capture on Christmas eve, 2021. The nebulae is a part of the constellation Orion and it is one of few that are so bright it can be easily spotted with the naked eye. It can be found just below Alnilam, the center star of the 3 diagonal stars that make up Orion's Belt. M42 lies only 1.350 Light years from earth, but considering light travels at 300.000km/s (186,282mp/s) it's still quite a distance to travel. This telescope and tracker was used: William Optics z61 + Skywatcher Star Adventurer

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