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Orion's Sword
Orion's Sword taken at Peach State Star Gaze 2015. I may take another pass at the color calibration but the subject matter is beautiful. From left to right we have the Flame Nebula, The Horsehead Nebula, The Running Man Nebula and The Great Nebula in Orion (with some of the Trapezium stars in view). This was taken with a consumer Canon t4i, with Canon 200mm F2.8 USM L lens on a CGEM DX German Equatorial mount. I took images from 2AM to 8AM but threw away 30 of 76 sub frames when the focus got bumped out at ~5:30AM during what we call a "meridian flip". I think sleep deprivation played a part in that snafu. Still, the remaining 3.8 hours of subs were somewhat usable to make this image.
Orion's Sword
Orion's Sword taken at Peach State Star Gaze 2015. I may take another pass at the color calibration but the subject matter is beautiful. From left to right we have the Flame Nebula, The Horsehead Nebula, The Running Man Nebula and The Great Nebula in Orion (with some of the Trapezium stars in view). This was taken with a consumer Canon t4i, with Canon 200mm F2.8 USM L lens on a CGEM DX German Equatorial mount. I took images from 2AM to 8AM but threw away 30 of 76 sub frames when the focus got bumped out at ~5:30AM during what we call a "meridian flip". I think sleep deprivation played a part in that snafu. Still, the remaining 3.8 hours of subs were somewhat usable to make this image.