astrosneo
Orion Nebula DSLR
Ok, I've posted the Orion Nebula before, but nowhere near this detailed. This is a total of about 20 minutes of exposures, and combined with a really dark location, so much structure came out, I was kind of blown away. This complex is MASSIVE. Our entire solar system would be invisible if it were placed in the heart of the nebula. It's truly enormous. About 141,087,008,956,406 miles across. (144 trillion miles) This is how we know the process of star formation. It's happening right here in this image.
01/28/12
Joshua Tree, CA
26 frames = 19 min 27 second exposures ISO 6400
Images stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in Gimp 2
6" Meade Newtonian Reflector LXD75 EQ Mount
Canon Rebel T3 DSLR
Orion Nebula DSLR
Ok, I've posted the Orion Nebula before, but nowhere near this detailed. This is a total of about 20 minutes of exposures, and combined with a really dark location, so much structure came out, I was kind of blown away. This complex is MASSIVE. Our entire solar system would be invisible if it were placed in the heart of the nebula. It's truly enormous. About 141,087,008,956,406 miles across. (144 trillion miles) This is how we know the process of star formation. It's happening right here in this image.
01/28/12
Joshua Tree, CA
26 frames = 19 min 27 second exposures ISO 6400
Images stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in Gimp 2
6" Meade Newtonian Reflector LXD75 EQ Mount
Canon Rebel T3 DSLR