Wallpaper author:
ian howarth
07 Aug 2020
Orion Vista
Nebulosity in Orion extends far beyond the familiar Orion Nebula, M42, seen here shining in the lower half of the picture (with its companions M43 and the 'running man' nebula, NGC 1977). At top left (north-east), around Zeta Ori, the leftmost of the three stars making up Orion's Belt, can be seen the Flame Nebula , NGC 2024, and the Horsehead, Barnard 33.
This image is a two-frame mosaic constructed from Takahashi data with narrow-band HSO filters, and is rendered here in a pseudo-RGB palette.
Dataset from which the image was processed
B33
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Dark Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16083
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 85.2458 Dec -2.45833
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................25 Dec 2019 - 23 Nov 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 434 | 3h8m | 26 |
| Green | 258 | 1h52m | 26 |
| Red | 258 | 1h52m | 26 |
| Blue | 258 | 1h52m | 26 |
| Halpha | 708 | 4h55m | 25 |