Astrophoto of the Orion Nebula

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Astrophoto of the Orion Nebula by rhaworth
Astrophoto of the Orion Nebula by rhaworth

Astrophoto of the Orion Nebula

Designated M42 (after Charles Messier-a French astronomer who first discovered it with his telescope) it lies in the Orion Constellation the appears high in the summer sky. This nebula is a star forming region (stellar nursery) and is the middle “star” in the sword which hangs from the three star “belt” in the middle of the constellation.

This is a combination of 8 stacked photos, each 5 mintues long, combined in special astrophotography software.Taken with a 10” telescope at f/3.3 with a Canon 20Da camera.

  • Paul Vanzella

    Paul Vanzellaworks here, about 1 year ago

    Amazing image Richard… just love he abstract quality of this piece!

  • John Arkleton

    John Arkleton, 9 months ago

    Not bad at all. What focal reducer did you use? PS I wouldn’t call this an abstract.

  • rhaworth

    rhaworth, 3 months ago

    Arkle, sorry for the long delay in responding. I must have missed the posting of your comment. The scope was a native f6.3 and I used a Taurus Tracker reducer that gave me approximately an f3.3.

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