Orion Belt: M42, M43 and NGC1977
Yesterday I haven’t written a post because I was travelling. I am on holidays now, so I’ll publish just one deep-sky astrophotography:
M42 (Orion nebula) @ Primož Cigler
Orion nebula is reflection nebula in constellation Orion (the hunter). It is located approximately 1300 ly from us. It’s just the brightest part of very large nebula complex which stretches between almost all the brightest Orion’s stars and consists of Barnard’s Loop, Horse-head nebula, Flaming-tree nebula and M42, M43 and NGC1977:
Orion Complex (M42, M43, NGC1977, Horse-head, Flaming-tree nebulas @ Primož Cigler
The first picture was taken with a telescope Orion Optics Europa 8″ @ f/4.5 with Vixen GP-DX mount and auto-guided. The conditions were bad (light pollution on the South, half of moon, bad transparency and seeing). The camera was unmodified Canon 350D. The picture was taken on 18th of December 2007 and it’s the combination of 39 times 3 min exposures and 10 times 20 s exposures (for core details).
The second picture was taken with a lens Canon EF 70-200L IS USM f/4.0 at 200mm and f/4.5 with modified Canon 350D piggy-backed on Vixen GP-DX without auto-guiding. The exposition was 25 times 3 min. The picture was taken on 8th of January 2008.
That’s all for today, thank you for reading and watching!
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