The Orion nebula is approx. 1600 light years from Earth. The turbulent stellar dust and gases are a birthplace for new stars.

Image acquired using SBIG St-10XME camera with Astrodon filter set through modified Orion Express 80 telescope with William Optics Field Flattener III.

20 minutes each of Red, Green and Blue, 1x1 Binning.

One minute sub-frames.

02/06/11

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