The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula in the Milky Way situated south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion,[b] and is known as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with an apparent magnitude of 4.0. It is 1,344 ± 20 light-years (412.1 ± 6.1 pc) away[3][6] and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. M42 is estimated to be 25 light-years across (so its apparent size from Earth is approximately 1 degree). (from Wikipidea)

Taken with a William Optics Redcat 71 and ZWO ASI2600MC PRO one shot color camera with ZWO UV/IR filter. Guided with a WO 32 mm guidescope and ZWO ASI678MM
ZWO AM5N mount

Exposure time:12.75 hours. Ten minutes subexposures. Blended with 10 minutes of 5 sec subexposure for the core.
Softwares: ASIAir Plus image capture. PixInsight for pre and post processing
Taken on January 27 to 29, 2025 in Jackson, Ohio