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Astrophotography by Sean Parker
– Orion Nebula

Total exposure time was around 12 minutes taken with the Canon 5DMKII through a TEC 140mm (1,000mm equivalent) f/7 APO ED Refractor Telescope. Stacked and processed in Photoshop CS6

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Also, awesome science fact included –> We are literally right next to the Orion Nebula, and by “right next to” I mean ~1300 light years. But that is still pretty close considering the size of our galaxy.