clownfish33
The Orion Nebula
The Nebula complex (NGC1976) in Orion: The Orion Nebula is one of the brightest nebulae in the sky, shinning brightly in the constellation Orion. The Orion Nebula is the closest "Star Forming" region to the Sun, but still lies about 1,600 light-years away and is 30 light-years across. Inside the bright core, hydrogen gas and dust are collapsing into new stars, creating intense heat and radiation, which causes the outer clouds of gases to glow beautiful shades of pink and red. Another nebula can be seen in this photograph, the blue reflection nebula NGC1977. The blue color of this nebula is caused by reflected starlight from some bright stars onto gas and dust floating in the foreground. Dark lanes of dust create distinct shadows, which give rise to its nickname "The Running Man Nebula".
This is a single 40 minute exposure using conventional slide film. I used an old Olympus OM1 35mm film camera attached to a Meade LXD75 8" Schmidt Newtonian Telescope for focal length of 812mm at f/4. While the mount automatically tracked the object, I hand guided corrections (to fix tracking errors) using another telescope (Orion guidescope) attached to the main scope. Total cost of this setup was under $1,700 U.S. For details on how you can capture the universe in brilliant color visit my website at Petes Astrophotography
To buy prints and other gifts using this photograph please visit Cosmic Colors
The Orion Nebula
The Nebula complex (NGC1976) in Orion: The Orion Nebula is one of the brightest nebulae in the sky, shinning brightly in the constellation Orion. The Orion Nebula is the closest "Star Forming" region to the Sun, but still lies about 1,600 light-years away and is 30 light-years across. Inside the bright core, hydrogen gas and dust are collapsing into new stars, creating intense heat and radiation, which causes the outer clouds of gases to glow beautiful shades of pink and red. Another nebula can be seen in this photograph, the blue reflection nebula NGC1977. The blue color of this nebula is caused by reflected starlight from some bright stars onto gas and dust floating in the foreground. Dark lanes of dust create distinct shadows, which give rise to its nickname "The Running Man Nebula".
This is a single 40 minute exposure using conventional slide film. I used an old Olympus OM1 35mm film camera attached to a Meade LXD75 8" Schmidt Newtonian Telescope for focal length of 812mm at f/4. While the mount automatically tracked the object, I hand guided corrections (to fix tracking errors) using another telescope (Orion guidescope) attached to the main scope. Total cost of this setup was under $1,700 U.S. For details on how you can capture the universe in brilliant color visit my website at Petes Astrophotography
To buy prints and other gifts using this photograph please visit Cosmic Colors