Today we're taking a comprehensive look into one of Winter's most breathtaking celestial sites, the majestic Orion Nebula. It was the very first deep sky object I ever photographed and I can't tell you how excited I was the first time I saw an image that I photographed myself show up on my laptop screen. I loved it so much. I spent the entire winter photographing it again and again and I still come back to it every winter trying to get better each time. So grab your telescope and you're ready to uncover the secrets of the spectacular Winter target. At a distance of 1,344 light years from Earth, it is one of the closest large star-forming regions to Earth. Just think if you go out tonight and take a look at the Orion Nebula, you're seeing light that was emitted in the year 680 AD. It is roughly 12 light years across, which is almost three times the distance from Earth to the star, approximately 12. Among us little features are the Trapezium cluster, one in the upper core, and the bringing colors in its gases. Nearby are M43 or the marine's nebula and the running man nebula. It's dominated by a bright reflection nebula, which are composed of ionized gases which glow like a neon ball, as well as feature reflection nebula, which merely reflect the light of the stars and don't blow themselves at all. The Orion Nebula is my favorite winter target because it's both incredibly easy to observe or photograph and it's stunning and it's beauty. It's also incredibly easy to locate being the middle star Orion's faint sword, which makes it easy to spot even with a naked eye in my polluted cities. Under darker skies, it shows up as a buzzing low around the little star even with a naked eye. Even in the city, you can see the nebula in binoculars. It will show up as a light buzzing area around the bright stars of the Trapezium. The Orion Nebula is very easy to find. However, many deep-tiny objects are much harder. For help finding any deep-tiny object, check out my video on mobile astronomy apps. Containing a rainbow of colors and a finely detailed cloud structure, the Orion Nebula is also one of the most striking deep-faint objects out there. It's roughly one degree in diameter, so good size for a variety of imaging and viewing systems. By comparison, the full moon is roughly half an art degree in diameter. Being bright, beautiful, and easy to find makes it an ideal target for beginners. Yet bringing out the best in it is enough to challenge more experienced anthropographers, and keeping them back again and again each winter. If you've done much visual astronomy menu for our Ashophotography without a go to melt, you know that finding objects can be a challenge. The Orion Nebula is a distinctive structure of bright stars, makes it a familiar site to anyone who enjoys observing the nice sky, and makes the Orion Nebula incredibly easy to locate. It is located around the middle star in the Orion sword. It's incredible brightness compared to most deep-faint objects makes it incredibly easy to photograph. It can be easily photographed using a camera and tripod, a cell phone attached with a telescope, or any extra photography setup or smart telescope such as the C-SART S50. For more information on how to do Astro Photography on a smartphone, check out my video. If you're used to visual astronomy, you can use a cell phone adapter to attach yourself onto the eyepiece or even hold up to the eyepiece by hand, although that can be tricky. If you're using a DSLR or a mirrorless camera and a tripod, but don't have a go to melt or a star tracker, you'll want to use a nice though of about 800 or 600. The experiment is to see how long you can get exposure without star showing. You can use a variety of bubble links, but preferably something in the 3-500 range. Thanks to its brightness, even if you can only get exposures of about 102 seconds without star showing, you can still photograph this target. If you do have a go-to melt to use with your DSLR or a mirrorless camera, you'll still want to use a nice though of about 800 or 600. You'll still want to keep your exposure times relatively low at about 30 seconds to keep from overexposing the bright core. Of course, if you're using a C-SART S50 or other smart telescope, simply select 412 or the Orion Nebula from the list of targets and enjoy the show. For tips on processing the images you've taken on the C-SART S50, check out my video. And of course, don't be afraid to experiment with different exposure times or techniques and see what works best. That's how you learn. Hopefully you'll find the Orion Nebula is exciting and breathtaking in target as I do. I have talked about why the Orion Nebula is my favorite when our target, as well as the excitement I had taking my very first deep sky photograph of it. I'd love to hear from you in the comments section on what your favorite when our target is, as well as your very first experience photographing a deep sky object. Thank you for watching my video. Please like and subscribe.