Wallpaper author:
Jonathan Lodge
20 Jun 2022
Orion's Belt and Sword Mosaic
The incredible vista of the Horsehead (Barnard 33), Orion (M42), Flame (NGC 2024), Running Man (Sh2-279) nebulae (to name a few) in the constellation of Orion.
My second mosaic, despite the first being 4 panels and this being only 2, I found this one much trickier to align due to stars distorting in the corners of each pane. It took a few attempts to get it all together and then a few passes of artefact removal.
Dataset from which the image was processed
B33
8 credit
- 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 |