Here is another photo of the diffuse Orion Nebula, cataloged as Messier 42/43, M42/43, or NGC 1976/1982. It is 24 light years across, 1,344 light years away, and has a mass 2000 times that of our Sun. Because a nearly full Moon was out, I only had a window of about 2 hours after it set, and I photographed several objects, so I didn't spend as much time on this one as I wanted. This photo comprises 20-30 second exposures at 1600ISO through an EdgeHD 8" telescope, 1422mm f/7, with a Canon 60Da camera.