M42 - the Orion nebula

This is perhaps better than earlier attempts but unfortunately I did not use a flat field image, so the red background bottom right rather spoils the result.

Canon EOS5DMkII 254mm Newtonian @ 1200mm 100 x 10s f/4.8 ISO1600 2010-03-01 21:01:21-21:26:59 UT
From Whitley Bay 55.1N 1.5W 10m asl. Suburban, significant light pollution

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