This image of the Sword of Orion contains the Orion Nebula (M42) as well as the remaining nebulae and clusters of the sword, including M42, M43, NGC-1980, 81, & 82. This is a stack of 59 10-minute subs taken with my Celestron Nightscape attached to my Sigma 70-300 camera lens from my Nikon, set for 200 mm. The images were stacked in DSS, processed in StarTools, and finished in Photoshop.

Image Center:	View full size annotated image.
Right Ascension:	5h 35m 16.007s (83° 49m 0.111s)
Declination:	-5° 19m 28.795s
Orientation:	Up is 0.4 degrees West of North.
Image Size:	4.721° x 3.647°	Pixel Scale:	4.884"

Principal objects in field: Great Nebula in Orion, IC 430, M 42, M 43, NGC 1973, NGC 1975, NGC 1976, NGC 1977, NGC 1980, NGC 1981, NGC 1982, NGC 1999, The star 42Ori, The star 45Ori, The star θ1Ori, The star θ2Ori, The star ιOri

All identified catalog objects: 42Ori, 45Ori, IC 420, IC 427, IC 428, IC 429, IC 430, NGC 1924, NGC 1973, NGC 1975, NGC 1976, NGC 1977, NGC 1980, NGC 1981, NGC 1982, NGC 1999, θ 1Ori, θ 2Ori, ι Ori