Orion-orama

(Barnard’s Loop. M78, B33, IC434, NGC2024, NGC1977, M42 & M43)

Here with this 3 panel Mosaic are the most popular Jewels of The Constellation of Orion all captured from the backyard of my new home on the slopes of Grand Mesa at an elevation of 6600 feet in Western Colorado over only 2 nights.

 

I am amazed with the sensitivity and low read noise of the new QHY367C, Full Frame 7376x4938, 36.4mega pixel One Shot Color CMOS camera. The mosaic comprises of 135 x 2 minute exposures for a Total Integration time of 4.5 Hours.

 

For comparison, here is my earlier Mosaic of Orion captured using the QHY11 Mono CCD, total integration time was over 40 hours (admittedly this image has H-Alpha added)

www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/15094540899/in/album-7...

 

You can also read all about these magnificent objects in our e-book cosmicpursuits.com/e-books/armchair-astronomer-volume-1-n...

 

Technical Information

Location: Grand Mesa, Whitewater Colorado

Captured February 15th and 16th 2017

Size: 7376 x 4938 pixels x 3

Pixel Size: 4.88um x 4.88um

Total integration Time 4.5 Hours

QHY367C Full Frame One Shot Color COLDMOS cooled to -20C

135 x 120 sec @ 1x1

Optics: Takahashi E-180 Epsilon

Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition Maxim DL

Pre Processing Deep Sky Stacker

Post Processing Photoshop CS6

Done