John Chumack _Observatories
M42 & M43 The Great Orion Nebula Complex
The Sword Region of Orion, M42 & M43 The Great Orion Nebula(Red), M43 is the Comma Shaped piece of Orion Nebula, also visible is NGC 1973-75-77 (3 part )Blue Reflection Nebula aka Running Man Nebula.
NGC-1981 is the Bright Blue Open Cluster near the Left edge. and the Brightest Star on the Right edge is Iota Orionis, a close Double Star, and above Iota is WDS 747 is another nice double star from the Washington Double Star Catalog. M42 & M43 is a Massive and Bright Stellar Nursery (Star Formation Region) in the Constellation of Orion. This image is of the Sword Region of Orion, which hangs down from Orion's Belt Stars for us Northern hemisphere observers. Beautiful View in any size amateur scope.
Modified Canon Rebel Xsi DSLR & Modified 5.5" Newt. Reflector scope, ISO 1600, 60 minute exp., AVX Mount, and QHY5IIL Auto-guider + Burgess 90mm Guide scope. Captured in Canon Utility, 4 min subs x 15 images Calibrated & stacked in Nebulosity, and Processed in Adobe CS 2015.
Captured at my Observatories at JBSPO in Yellow Springs, Ohio on 01--02-2016.
Best Regards,
John Chumack
M42 & M43 The Great Orion Nebula Complex
The Sword Region of Orion, M42 & M43 The Great Orion Nebula(Red), M43 is the Comma Shaped piece of Orion Nebula, also visible is NGC 1973-75-77 (3 part )Blue Reflection Nebula aka Running Man Nebula.
NGC-1981 is the Bright Blue Open Cluster near the Left edge. and the Brightest Star on the Right edge is Iota Orionis, a close Double Star, and above Iota is WDS 747 is another nice double star from the Washington Double Star Catalog. M42 & M43 is a Massive and Bright Stellar Nursery (Star Formation Region) in the Constellation of Orion. This image is of the Sword Region of Orion, which hangs down from Orion's Belt Stars for us Northern hemisphere observers. Beautiful View in any size amateur scope.
Modified Canon Rebel Xsi DSLR & Modified 5.5" Newt. Reflector scope, ISO 1600, 60 minute exp., AVX Mount, and QHY5IIL Auto-guider + Burgess 90mm Guide scope. Captured in Canon Utility, 4 min subs x 15 images Calibrated & stacked in Nebulosity, and Processed in Adobe CS 2015.
Captured at my Observatories at JBSPO in Yellow Springs, Ohio on 01--02-2016.
Best Regards,
John Chumack