Orion Nebula with Running Man
Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula is a diffused nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion’s Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked. The nebula is so bright in the core, I had to blend two exposures, one of 30 seconds, and the others at 300 seconds to preserve the detail. Orion is 1,344 light-years away and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth.
The Orion Nebula is one of the most photographed objects in the night sky and is among the most intensely studied celestial features. The nebula has revealed much about the process of how stars and planetary systems are formed from collapsing clouds of gas and dust. Astronomers have directly observed protoplanetary disks and brown dwarfs within the nebula, intense and turbulent motions of the gas, and the photo-ionizing effects of massive nearby stars in the nebula.
| Object | Orion Nebula |
| Link | https://www.shetzers.com/orion-nebula-and-running-man/ |
| Wiki Link | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Nebula |
| Hemisphere | Northern |
| Constellation | Orion |
| Other Names contained in image | Messier 42, M42, NGC 1976 |
| Imaging telescopes or lenses | Takahashi FSQ -106ED4 |
| Imaging cameras | QHY268M |
| Mounts | Software Bisque Paramount MYT |
| Focal reducers | None |
| Software | Software Bisque The Sky X, N.I.N.A., PHD Lab PHD2, Viking, PixInsight, Photoshop, Lightroom |
| Filters | Astrodon LRGB Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance 36mm unmounted. Chroma Technology Narrowband 3nm Ha, SII, OIII – 36mm Unmounted |
| Accessories | Moonlite NightCrawler 35 focuser, Maxdome II, Digital Loggers Pro Switch, Sky Alert Weather Station, Pegagsus Ultimate Powerbox v2, Starlight Xpress filter wheel, Alnitak Flip-Flat |
| Guiding Telescope or Lenses | Orion 60mm Guide Scope |
| Guiding Camera | ZWO ASI290MM Mini |
| Imaging Dates | 10/10/22,10/13/22,10/14/22,10/29/22,10/31/22,11/1/22,11/19/22,11/20/22,11/21/22,11/22/22,11/24/22,12/16/22,12/17/22,12/18/22 |
| Frames | Luminance: 70×300″ (5.8h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -25C, Bin 1×1 Luminance: 118×30″ (1h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -25C, Bin 1×1 Red: 51×300″ (4.3h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -25C, Bin 1×1 Red: 66×30″ (0.6h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -25C, Bin 1×1 Green: 54×300″ (4.5h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -25C, Bin 1×1 Green: 78×30″ (0.7h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -25C, Bin 1×1 Blue:55×300″ (4.6h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -25C, Bin 1×1 Blue:71×30″ (0.6h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -25C, Bin 1×1 |
| Integration | 21.9 |
| Darks | 50 |
| Flats | 20 per Filter |
| Flat Darks | 40 |
| Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: | 2 |
| RA center | 83.78653767 |
| DEC center | -5.359578916 |
| Pixel scale | 3.76 |
| Resolution | 6280 x 4210 |
| Locations | Sirus 3.5m Observatory, Carbondale Colorado |
| Data source | Backyard |
| Seeing | Average |
| Post Processing Techniques | PixInsight to Photoshop to Lightroom |