Tom Gwilym took this picture of M42 from his backyard observatory in Renton, WA. Tom used Orion 80ED with Canon 10D DSLR and IDAS light pollution filter.

Do you have photos you'd like to share? Post them to the Universe Today astrophotography forum or email them to me directly, and I might feature one in Universe Today."> Tom Gwilym took this picture of M42 from his backyard observatory in Renton, WA. Tom used Orion 80ED with Canon 10D DSLR and IDAS light pollution filter.

Do you have photos you'd like to share? Post them to the Universe Today astrophotography forum or email them to me directly, and I might feature one in Universe Today."> Tom Gwilym took this picture of M42 from his backyard observatory in Renton, WA. Tom used Orion 80ED with Canon 10D DSLR and IDAS light pollution filter.

Do you have photos you'd like to share? Post them to the Universe Today astrophotography forum or email them to me directly, and I might feature one in Universe Today.">

Astrophoto: M42 by Tom Gwilym

By Fraser Cain - December 20, 2005 at 12:36 PM UTC | Stars

Image credit: Tom Gwilym.

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Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.