Orion Complex - Widefield

Orion Complex - Widefield

 

The Orion Molecular Cloud Complex (or, simply, the Orion Complex) is a large group of bright nebulae, dark clouds, and young stars in the Orion constellation. The cloud is between 1 500 and 1 600 light-years away, and hundreds of light-years across. Several parts of the nebula can be observed through binoculars and small telescopes, and some parts (such as the Orion Nebula) are visible to the naked eye.

 

In the image is:

 

1) Witch Head Nebula

2) Orion Nebula

3) Running Man Nebula

4) Branard's Loop

5) Horsehead Nebula

6) Flame Nebula

7) M78

and rest are all annotated

 

Learning PixInsight for the last few days and i am already addicted, been going over old data (which i thought was not good enough) to see what i can do with it and i am constantly amazed at what PI is doing to it.

 

This is a stack of 28 + 4 = 32 frames, 28 normal, 4 with CLS Filter on. Odd number of images because few shots were for test and had to throw some away because of tracking errors. Only 4 frames with CLS filter because the clouds rolled in soon.

 

The data was captured earlier this year (23rd Jan) between 9 to 10 pm from warkweorth satellite station and tracked using vixen polarie. (Thanks Jonathan to use the polarie)

 

Each:

Normal frame: 28 x 60sec, ISO 1600

CLS Frame: 4 x 120sec, ISO 3200 (Longer exposure and ISO as the filter makes the images darker and captures less light)

 

Total Exposure Time = 2160 sec = 36 min

 

Exif: as above, Canon 50mm f1.8 (Nifty Fifty) on Canon 6D

 

Aligned, Stacked and processed in PixInsight, exported as 16 Bit - tiff to photoshop for final touch.

Done