M42 - Orion Nebula

The Orion Nebula (Messier 42) is a diffuse nebula in Orion's Belt. It is one

of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky.

M42 is located at a distance of 1344 light years and is 24 light years

across. Take with an Orion 120ST refractor telescope on a Celestron

ASGT mount. Stack of 44 thirty-second shots. Taken from Ortonville,

Michigan on 09 Jan 2011.

Very nice.  Much better than your earlier shot of M42.  Well done!