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There's certainly no
shortage of great images
from this famous region of
sky, but few encompass as
wide a field as is displayed
here. Thanks to the mosaic
technique, the wide field is
not obtained at the expense
of lost resolution. Orion's
belt (the 3 bright blue stars
diagonally crossing the left
side of the image) is
instantly recognizable to
anyone with even a
marginal familiarity with the
night sky, but the usual
orientation is 90 degrees
clockwise to that shown
here. Note the relationship
of the Horsehead region to
the lower belt star, Alnitak
(Zeta Orionis).
shortage of great images
from this famous region of
sky, but few encompass as
wide a field as is displayed
here. Thanks to the mosaic
technique, the wide field is
not obtained at the expense
of lost resolution. Orion's
belt (the 3 bright blue stars
diagonally crossing the left
side of the image) is
instantly recognizable to
anyone with even a
marginal familiarity with the
night sky, but the usual
orientation is 90 degrees
clockwise to that shown
here. Note the relationship
of the Horsehead region to
the lower belt star, Alnitak
(Zeta Orionis).
The Orion Belt & Sword Region
Click on image to enlarge
Click on image to enlarge
Takahashi FSQ @ f/5
SBIG STL11K
4 Frame Mosaic
LRGB (per frame):
L= 5 min X 9
R= 5 min X 5
G= 5 min X 5
B= 5 min X 5
Data acquisition by Jim
Misti at his Arizona
observatory.
Image processing by
Steve Mazlin. The area
of M42 & NGC1977 was
further enhanced by
layering in data from
prior images, inlcuding
Ha data.
SBIG STL11K
4 Frame Mosaic
LRGB (per frame):
L= 5 min X 9
R= 5 min X 5
G= 5 min X 5
B= 5 min X 5
Data acquisition by Jim
Misti at his Arizona
observatory.
Image processing by
Steve Mazlin. The area
of M42 & NGC1977 was
further enhanced by
layering in data from
prior images, inlcuding
Ha data.
If you would like to try to process this image yourself, the raw data
is available for download by clicking HERE
is available for download by clicking HERE