Orion Nebula — original astrophotography by Jesse Krautwurst

Orion Nebula

From left to right: The Running Man nebula and The Orion Nebula. 9.5 hours of integration, April 2026.

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Size18″×24″ (45.7 × 61 cm)
PaperEnhanced matte, museum quality — 10.3 mil, 189 g/m²
Opacity / Brightness94% / 104% ISO
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About this image

From left to right, The Running Man nebula, and The Orion Nebula. The Orion Nebula is the closest region of active star formation to Earth, located approximately 1,344 light-years away. Vast cloud of gas and dust spans about 24 light-years across - containing thousands of newborn stars and making for a spectacular, colorful light show.

The Orion Nebula is extremely bright - especially the Trapezium Cluster that makes up the core. It can easily be seen by the naked eye, and it looks great through binoculars or a telescope.

Technical Details:

This image represents 9.5 hours of integration taken over three nights on April 2026, in Nevada, USA. This is one of my shorter exposures, it's such a bright object it really doesn't need more than that.

I used relatively short subs - 30s - in order to not overexpose the detail in the core.

If you have an HDR-capable display, I've rendered the Trapezium Cluster fully utilizing HDR's brightness range to accurately portray it's relative brightness - while also not being overexposed.