Wallpaper author:
Edward Holt
19 Jun 2022
Orion's Belt Complex
The beautiful area of sky surrounding Orion's belt and sword.
Including The Great Orion Nebula, The Running Man, The Flame, and The Horsehead to mention a few.
Just over 20 hours total integration across 2 panels. Stacked and stiched in APP, post-processing completed in PixInsight and finished off final tweaks in Photoshop.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M42
6 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 83.8221 Dec -5.3911
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................25 Jan 2020 - 12 Dec 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 54 | 1h46m | 118 |
| Luminance | 26 | 51m | 118 |
| Red | 37 | 1h12m | 117 |
| Blue | 23 | 45m | 117 |
| Green | 24 | 46m | 117 |