Well, you know, seeing as it is the middle of January and there isn't an M42 picture on the first page of the Deep Space section
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By the standards of this forum, this image is no more than a casual snapshot! - but it represents the first dark-sky site photo for my photography rig, under very clear, but dewy skies near Nerriga. Dew and oddly dodgy guiding stole about another 45 minutes of data.
4 x 300s, 12 x 30s, darks, flats, bias subtracted, processed in PI and PS2. Extra grainy, just for that old-fashioned look
Larger version here