The Great Orion Nebula (M42) can be easily seen with the naked eye under good sky conditions. It is so bright that the core "blows out" an astronomical camera even at short exposures. My goal in this image was to capture some of the more subtle aspects of the fainter, surrounding nebulosity. Captured with the RASA, NBZ filter and Mallincam DS10C, this image gives an idea of just how beautiful this object is. Stars and planetary systems are forming here, and astronomers have found brown dwarf and protoplanetary discs in the nebula. In a larger amateur telescope, the nebula appears greenish to the naked eye. A camera brings out the full colors of this object.
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