Orion Deep space
My main form of Astrophotography is Nightscape photography, also known as Landscape Astrophotography. I have, however, been experimenting with some deep space imagery, especially in the Australian summer months, when the Milky Way Core is out of sight, and constellations like Orion are in the sky.
This image shows the three stars of Orions Belt, and Orion’s Sword, hanging upside down in the southern skies. It also shows the Great Orion Nebula (M42), the Running Man Nebula (NGC 1973), the Horse Head Nebula (IC 434) and the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024).
The image was created by stack about 410 images (and 20 dark images) shot on a star tracker, and then stacked and processed in Siril and Photoshop.
The area surrounding the Orion Constellation is a really interesting part of the sky. The Great Orion Nebula can be seen by the naked eye (even if it looks like a star). This is also a really busy part of space, with so many deep sky objects visible—as can be seen with the plate solved version of the image per the below image.
Image Data
- C: Fujifilm X-T5
- L: FUJINON XF90mmF2 R LM WR
- E: Lightroom, Siril & Photoshop
- A: MSM Nomad
View this image in my Photo Gallery, on AstroBin, Vero, or on Flickr.