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The winter jewel, The Great Nebula in Orion with the Running Man Nebula, bright enough to see visually and presented here in RGB with hydrogen alpha background signal. I've never really given this target much thought as there are so many other winter targets around but this time made a plan to image and process it properly, you will see my short earlier efforts here too.
Famous Orion Nebula (Messier 42) in Hα narrowband and RGB broadband from the premises of the CERN Astronomy Club. Unfortunately near full moon.
I chose shorter exposure time of 120s with the Hα filter to not blow out the core and Trapezium located there. That way it was sufficient to use only one exposure time (120s).
Sharpless 279, the Running Man nebula, is visible at the top but since the luminance comes from Hα, it does not look much like a man!
📅 12 Jan 2025
🌕 99 %
📍 CERN Astronomy Club (Bortle 5)
🔭 Evostar 80ED, x0.85 reducer
⚙️ ZWO AM5
🎯 Evoguide 50ED, ASI120mm mini, ASIAir Plus
📷 ASI2600mm Pro with ZWO EFW II and Antlia V-Pro LRGB / 7 nm narrowband filters.
⏳ 3.7 h total
H-α: 100 x 120s
R/G/B: each 10 x 120 s
🎨 Processed in PixInsight with final touch in GIMP.
Stacking: WBPP.
H-α processing: GradientCorrection, BlurXTerminator, StarXTerminator, SetiAstro's StatisticalStretch, HDRMT (core), Curves, NoiseXTerminator.
RGB processing: GraXpert, BlurXTerminator (correct only), SPCC, StarXTerminator, Statistical Stretch, HDRMT (core), GHS.
HRGB processing: LRGBCombination, additional GHS. Reduced colornoise with MMT on chrominance channel.
RGB stars: SetiAstro's StarStretch.
GIMP: Screened stars on HRGB, final color correction.
Test image (from left to right) of the cluster NGC 1981, NGC 1977 (the Running Man Nebula) containing NGCs 1975 and 1973, M43 (NGC 1982 De Mairan's Nebula), M42 (NGC 1976 the Great Orion Nebula), and finally the open cluster and nebulosity of NGC 1980. These objects make up the 'Sword' of Orion... in this view North (the top of the sword) is to the left
A quick reprocess of Orion's Belt, showcasing the Orion Nebula, Flame Nebula, Horsehead Nebula, Running Man Nebula, M78, and others. Taken with a Canon R5 and 70-200 RF L at 200mm f/2.8.
📷 ASI533MC -UV/IR filter
🔭 Redcat51 /
Guided with Skywatcher Evoguide&ZWOASI224MC
💻 Imaging with N.I.N.A.
🌠subs
62*90s + flat/darkflat
💻 Stacking and processing with Pixinsight/Photoshop
📍Baal, Belgium - Bortle Class 5 - February 2025
I started dabbling with more complex astrophotography this year. I used a Fornax Lightrack II mount and a Canon 7D Mark II to capture the image.
Orion's belt, including the three main stars, flame nebula, horsehead nebula, running man nebula, Great Orion nebula and numerous other areas of illuminated gas.
Skywatcher Evostar 80ed
Skywatcher EQ6-r Pro
Canon EOS Ra
Lacerta MGEN-3 Autoguider
Orion 50mm mini guidescope
70×60″ (1h 10′)
From top to bottom: Running Man Nebula (NGC 1973/5/7), Great Nebula (M42), and Iota Orionis and surrounding stars.
This nebula is next to (part of?) the Great Orion Nebula. Imaged over the nights of 4th and 5th March 2025.
I had serious problems with equipment taking this, the calibration frames were totally wrong (my mistake) so this is not the right colouration for the nebula it should have a red tinge from the Ha present - but it is an interesting image regardless.
Darker sky and longer exposure reveal more of the Orion Nebula. Also visible is the Running Man Nebula (NGC 1973/1975/1977) toward the top of the frame.
The lower right is M42 (Orion Nebula), a diffuse nebula roughly 1345 light years away. Just above and to the left is Sh--2-27 (running Man Nebula), a bright nebula roughly 1500 light years away. In the upper right is Bernard 33 (Horsehead Nebula), a dark nebula roughly 1375 light years away). Just above and to the left is Sh-2-277 (Flame Nebula), an emission nebula roughly 1350 light years away. The photo is 40 minutes of imaging (40 X 1 minute) using an iOptron Sky Tracker Pro, stacked using Starry Sky Stacker, and processed using Photoshop and Topaz. Photo taken outside of Odessa WA