60 frames for a 5 minute total exposure.

Not exactly high-rez, but I was pleased it came out so well with a relatively short exposure.

The deep sky objects in this image are between 800 and 1600 light years from Earth and comprise a portion of the constellation #Orion. In the upper left are the stars #Alnitak #Alnilam and #Mintaka which together comprise Orion's belt. Around Alnitak are the orange #FlameNebula and the red #HorseheadNebula In the center are the #RunningManNebula and the #OrionNebula which comprise part of Orion's sword. And in the bottom right is #Rigel which is the brightest star in the constellation and is one of Orion's feet. I took 120 1.3 second images in November with my Canon 6D and 100mm lens on a tripod and reprocessed the images last night. The color amazes me for an exposure time of only 2.6 minutes. #StillLearning

Captured on 2021.11.30

Starquest 130p, 25mm eyepiece, ISO1600, 20s exposure, tracked, unguided

POCOPHONE F1, opencamera app, afocal projection, 4032x3024 resolution, dark frame, bias frame, flat frame (not used) captured.

DSS stacked best 90%. Out of 17 min, 5min exposure is stacked. Cropped, color level edit, curve edit, saturation increased in gimp.

Cropped most of the surrounding view to avoid vignetting. Flat frame not used due to bad capture.

The #OrionNebula and the #RunningManNebula are 1300+ light years from Earth and are among the brightest objects in the sky. I got eight 3-minute exposures before the clouds came in. This is a rough edit and I will add to the data when I get another brief clear glimpse. #StillLearning

Two "stars" in the sword of the #Orion constellation are actually nebulae. The #OrionNebula is an active star-forming region 1300+ light years from Earth. The #RunningManNebula is 1400+ light years away and is actually 3 separate reflection nebulae. It is named for the shape of some dark space dust in between these three nebulae. #StillLearning