Orion Nebula & Belt (Explore 14/01/2024)

Captured from my back garden in Torquay here is an image of M42 (Orion Nebula) M43 and NGC 1977 (The Running Man Nebula). Also in the FOV is NGC 2024 (The Flame Nebula) and you can make out faintly The Horsehead Nebula. The 3 bright stars on the left make up Orion's belt and are (bottom to top) Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka.

 

Created with 36, 1 minute exposures that were tracked and then stacked using Deep Sky Stacker and edited in Lightroom. I had captured 70 images but due to cloud streaking across the frame I lost a few so only ended up with 36 usable shots.

 

Nikon Z6ii

Tamron 70-200 (2.8) G2 at 200mm

f/4

ISO 800

Skywatcher Adventurer 2i Pro Tracker

K&F Light Pollution filter

36 x 60 second lights, no calibration frames

Done