Delicate but Detailed Curtains in Orion

Messier 42 and 43
Messier 42 and 43

M42 & M43
Emission Nebula in Orion
Maui, Hawaii elevation 4000 ft
27mm Panoptic, 56x
12/29/11 9:20pm
Graphite pencil and white paper, inverted using PhotoScape

I have observed this amazing region many times & each time try to tease out a little more information. On my last observation I could see folds like a curtain in a portion of the nebula, delicate but detailed.

Aloha!
Thia Krach

3 thoughts on “Delicate but Detailed Curtains in Orion”

  1. Nice sketch, just the way I see it through my scope. Do you also see the light green colour in M42?

  2. Thia,

    Very fine capture. Such a complex target that begs to be sketched.

    Frank 🙂

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