Two Jewels In The Sword Of Orion
The image is of "The Great Orion Nebula", M42, an emission nebula and stellar nursery in the sword of Orion.
This is accompanied by "The Running Man Nebula", above, Sharpless Sh2-279. So-called because of its resemblance to a fleeing human running with flailing arms outstretched!
M42 is one of the brightest nebulas in our sky, lying at a distance of 1,300 light years. This massive cloud of glowing gas and dust is a stellar nursery and is the closest massive star forming region to earth.
In contrast to M42 which is an emission nebula the Running Man is a reflection nebula. It is only visible to us because light from an illumination source, such as embedded stars, lights up the surrounding gas and dust..
Notable is the extensive amount of dust clouds evident throughout the image.
Imaged with an Askar 71f refractor and a ZWO 2600MC camera fitted with an IDAS LP filter.
A total of 40 (180s) exposures, calibrated with temp. matched darks, flats and dark flats.
Thanks for looking!
Two Jewels In The Sword Of Orion
The image is of "The Great Orion Nebula", M42, an emission nebula and stellar nursery in the sword of Orion.
This is accompanied by "The Running Man Nebula", above, Sharpless Sh2-279. So-called because of its resemblance to a fleeing human running with flailing arms outstretched!
M42 is one of the brightest nebulas in our sky, lying at a distance of 1,300 light years. This massive cloud of glowing gas and dust is a stellar nursery and is the closest massive star forming region to earth.
In contrast to M42 which is an emission nebula the Running Man is a reflection nebula. It is only visible to us because light from an illumination source, such as embedded stars, lights up the surrounding gas and dust..
Notable is the extensive amount of dust clouds evident throughout the image.
Imaged with an Askar 71f refractor and a ZWO 2600MC camera fitted with an IDAS LP filter.
A total of 40 (180s) exposures, calibrated with temp. matched darks, flats and dark flats.
Thanks for looking!