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two stars in the middle of a black sky filled with blue and pink lightening

The orion nebula region as captured from my backyard in Austin, Texas last Saturday night. I had been waiting for that perfect moonless night, free of clouds, but it just wasn't happening. The moon was 2/3 full and about 20 degrees away. I couldn't run very long exposures or high iso, but still I think this is my best effort so far. Still a work in progress, but getting there. Imaged with a CLS_CCD filtered canon 7D and 100-400mm lens at 400mm riding piggy back on Meade 8" LX200 classic…

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two stars in the night sky with one light shining on it's left side

Three medium-bright stars in a short, straight row represent Orion's Belt. A curved line of stars extending from the Belt represents Orion's Sword. The Orion Nebula lies about midway down in the Sword of Orion. Photo by EarthSky Facebook friend Marian McGaffney.

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an image of a star cluster in the sky

Aberkenfig, South Wales Lat +51.542 Long -3.593 Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Nikon D780 at prime focus with Skywatcher Coma Corrector, EQ6 Syntrek Mount. Imaging session commenced 02:23 UT 11 x 15s at ISO 3200 17 x 20s at ISO 3200 6 x 25s at ISO 3200 8 x 30s at ISO 3200 15 dark frames & 15 flats. Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and levels adjusted with Lightroom & G.I.M.P. Full frame image cropped on final processing

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