The Orion Nebula is one of the brightest and most well-known star-forming regions in the night sky, but it’s also tricky to image because of the extreme brightness of its core compared to the surrounding gas and dust.
This image combines shorter and longer exposures to preserve detail in the Trapezium while still revealing structure in the outer nebula. It was captured from my backyard in Sugar House under bortle 7/8
Imaging details:
Svbony SV550 • ZWO ASI585MC Pro • Sky-Watcher EQ-AL55i
90×120s + 319×10s (~3.9 hours total)
Processed in Siril, final edits in Lightroom
by eogtr21