#m43

[brotherstonefish]

[quiltofstars]

De Mairan's Nebula, M43 // Seokhee Kim

No, this is not necessarily a repeat! Instead of on the beautiful Orion Nebula, focus your attention at the small star-forming region in the top left of the image. That is De Mairan's Nebula, separated from the larger Orion Nebula by just a dark dust lane.

Discovered by Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan (1678-1771) some time before 1731, this star-forming region is ionized by a single star system, which you can see in the image! The main star is about 1,300 light years away, and is radiating over 26,000 times the Sun's luminosity. It's unknown why Messier considered this star-forming region to be separate from Orion, but the earlier discovery which Messier knew about likely helped.

[risingtolove]

photo ©Marino Mannarini all rights reserved

[the-brown-man]

Hawa Mahal - Jaipur, Rajasthan

[russmorris]

Hotrods.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 + Panasonic Lumix G 20mm f/1.7

Yellow pickup, Merc, Flathead, Pinstripe

[coffeenuts]

[robmoses1]

Winter Walking

I like going for walks. I grab my camera and just start walking. I keep my eye out for interesting things or scenes that I think might make a good picture. However, when winter hits and it’s cold outside I can’t say I’m all too fired up about walking around in the snow. I’ll still do it, because I need the photos (for this blog) but the actual walking part, trying not to slip on ice, freezing and…

[sheltiechicago]

Golden handrail by Karsten Gieselmann Via Flickr: .

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

COSMIC WATERFALL IN THE BACKYARD OF THE MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on M43, a.k.a., Orion Falls. 📸+🔭: Zhuoqun Wu, Chilescope Telescope 2, c. 2018.

OVERVIEW: "Is there a waterfall in Orion? No, but some of the dust in M43 appears similar to a waterfall on Earth. M43, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is the often imaged but rarely mentioned neighbor of the more famous M42. M42, which includes many bright stars from the Trapezium cluster, lies above the featured scene.

PART II: M43 is itself a star forming region and although laced with filaments of dark dust, is composed mostly of glowing hydrogen. The entire Orion field, located about 1600 light years away, is inundated with many intricate and picturesque filaments of dust. Opaque to visible light, dark dust is created in the outer atmosphere of massive cool stars and expelled by a strong outer wind of protons and electrons."

-- APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day), published December 12, 2018

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181212.html.

[bigspoonlttlespoon]

Does anyone have an opposition to me posting my photography here too?

(i know its my blog so i can do what i want but i can keep it as just art if peeps prefer)

[brotherstonefish]

1.17.23

[quiltofstars]

De Mairan's Nebula (M43, center), the oft-forgotten part of the Orion Nebula (M42, upper right) // TAHines

[risingtolove]

photo ©Marino Mannarini all rights reserved

[clutteredsuggestions]

You are my friend. You are my friend. You are my friend. And I will scream it to the mountain tops with blood on my hands and love in my heart until both you and I understand

[coffeenuts]

Male Pileated Woodpecker by Jeff Rosenberg/M43 https://flic.kr/p/2nB5rTw

[mal3pir21]

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