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Orion Molecular Cloud Complex
An image I've wanted since I started deep sky astrophotography back in late 2018.
Orion is one of the most recognisable constellations in the night sky and it is packed full of dust, nebulae and deep sky goodness.
Here I've captured a wide field of Orion's Belt, part of Barnard's loop in the very top left, Messier 78 just under, the flame nebula, the famous horse-head nebula, the Running Man Nebula and the very famous messier 42, the Great Orion Nebula.
Surrounding all these targets is a huge amount of dust lit up by the surrounding stars.
To capture this image I used my portable setup which consists of a 100mm Canon macro lens and a ZWO 533MC camera. This is on a Skywatcher star adventurer. Due to the nature of this setup, I had to do a mosaic (or in conventional photography terms, a panorama) image. This meant that to get a finished image, it took twice as much total exposure time.
I'm extremely happy to finally have this image in my collection and I really hope I can add more to the field of view and more exposure time.
Captured over 3 nights in March 2024. 60s exposures. UVIR cut filter.
Orion Molecular Cloud Complex
An image I've wanted since I started deep sky astrophotography back in late 2018.
Orion is one of the most recognisable constellations in the night sky and it is packed full of dust, nebulae and deep sky goodness.
Here I've captured a wide field of Orion's Belt, part of Barnard's loop in the very top left, Messier 78 just under, the flame nebula, the famous horse-head nebula, the Running Man Nebula and the very famous messier 42, the Great Orion Nebula.
Surrounding all these targets is a huge amount of dust lit up by the surrounding stars.
To capture this image I used my portable setup which consists of a 100mm Canon macro lens and a ZWO 533MC camera. This is on a Skywatcher star adventurer. Due to the nature of this setup, I had to do a mosaic (or in conventional photography terms, a panorama) image. This meant that to get a finished image, it took twice as much total exposure time.
I'm extremely happy to finally have this image in my collection and I really hope I can add more to the field of view and more exposure time.
Captured over 3 nights in March 2024. 60s exposures. UVIR cut filter.