Distant Wonders
This image was captured back towards the beginning of one very cold January night/morning on top of one of many Wiltshire hills. The image depicts Orion's Belt (M42 or Messier 42)as well as the Running Man Nebula (Sh2-279). With the three stars (from top), are Mintaka, Alnilam and Alnitak, which is also home to the Horsehead Nebula. The bright star towards the bottom right is Rigel and somewhere just above would be the Witches Head.
This was my second straight night out. I wanted to make the most of the clear night conditions. It would turn out that, compared to the previous night, the sky was not perfectly clear. It took me awhile to figure this out as I had thought that condensation was building up on my lens even with the lens heater on. However it turned out that the issue was far beyond my reach.
Funny enough I had brought along a filter (that I'm yet to use) that would create the effect depicted
Distant Wonders
This image was captured back towards the beginning of one very cold January night/morning on top of one of many Wiltshire hills. The image depicts Orion's Belt (M42 or Messier 42)as well as the Running Man Nebula (Sh2-279). With the three stars (from top), are Mintaka, Alnilam and Alnitak, which is also home to the Horsehead Nebula. The bright star towards the bottom right is Rigel and somewhere just above would be the Witches Head.
This was my second straight night out. I wanted to make the most of the clear night conditions. It would turn out that, compared to the previous night, the sky was not perfectly clear. It took me awhile to figure this out as I had thought that condensation was building up on my lens even with the lens heater on. However it turned out that the issue was far beyond my reach.
Funny enough I had brought along a filter (that I'm yet to use) that would create the effect depicted