It's not just because we love M42 because it's great to capture with a camera, but it was also the only thing the clouds let us observe. The rude clouds interfered with clear sky, so we had about 2-3mins to capture something that would deserve a place on the front page. And capture we did. Gogo's picture of the same object a couple of months ago is challanged by this, new and improved one. The surprise and astonishment after seeing the small nebula on the display reminded us exaclty why we are into astronomy and astrophotography:

       Captured with the distubrance of street lights, A Yugo car with killing exhaust gas, and a Toshiba laptop with Vista on it (which is always a deadly combination) - inspite all that, the picture is beautiful.

 It's up to you to grade it.