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The Great Orion Nebula
I can't resist doing this popular target every year as it looks so pretty.
Imaged on 05 Jan 2022, from my back garden, the naked eye visible object, the Great Orion Nebula (M42) and the Running Man Nebula (SH2-279) are situated below Orion's belt in the Orion winter constellation (in northern hemisphere).
The core is extremely bright in comparison with the outer diffuse layers so this is a composite of 3 layers of:
30 x 2 sec RGB
20 x 10 sec RGB
60 x 120 sec RGB
(about 2 hours exposure total)
with a Redcat 51 (250mm) and ASI 533C cooled astro camera on an iOptron Skyguider Pro, no guiding.
Processed in APP, StarTools and Gimp.
The Great Orion Nebula
I can't resist doing this popular target every year as it looks so pretty.
Imaged on 05 Jan 2022, from my back garden, the naked eye visible object, the Great Orion Nebula (M42) and the Running Man Nebula (SH2-279) are situated below Orion's belt in the Orion winter constellation (in northern hemisphere).
The core is extremely bright in comparison with the outer diffuse layers so this is a composite of 3 layers of:
30 x 2 sec RGB
20 x 10 sec RGB
60 x 120 sec RGB
(about 2 hours exposure total)
with a Redcat 51 (250mm) and ASI 533C cooled astro camera on an iOptron Skyguider Pro, no guiding.
Processed in APP, StarTools and Gimp.