Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 434  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  NGC 1990  ·  NGC 2024  ·  Part of the constellation Orion (Ori)  ·  The star Alnilam (εOri)  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star Bellatrix (γOri)  ·  The star Betelgeuse (αOri)  ·  The star Meissa (λOri)  ·  The star Mintaka (δOri)  ·  The star Rigel (βOri)  ·  The star Saiph (κOri)  ·  The star ηOri  ·  The star ιOri

Image of the day 02/11/2017

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    Colored version of my 180 pannels mosaic for the Orion Challenge, David Lindemann
    Colored version of my 180 pannels mosaic for the Orion Challenge
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    Colored version of my 180 pannels mosaic for the Orion Challenge

    Image of the day 02/11/2017

    Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
      Colored version of my 180 pannels mosaic for the Orion Challenge, David Lindemann
      Colored version of my 180 pannels mosaic for the Orion Challenge
      Powered byPixInsight

      Colored version of my 180 pannels mosaic for the Orion Challenge

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      Description

      Composition formula HaNIRL(HaR:G:B) + (SII:HaIII))

      10x180 seconds captured with a Canon EF Zoom 70-200 at 70 mm focal length on a CCD Moravian G2-8300 color

      1530 raw images of 10 minutes each

      366 unbinned raw images LRGB of 5 minutes each

      ~256h total exposure from 10/30/2015 to 12/12/2016

      A full resolution of 24558x44204 pixels for a total of 1 gigapixels

      FOV 14.3° x 25.8°

      50 bias + 50 dark + 50 flats for calibration in CCDStack

      Takahashi FSQ106ED @f/5 530mm focal length with ONAG XT, Apogee Alta U8300 monochrome @-30°C and Astrodon narrowband H-alpha 5nm and TrueBalance LRGB filters and Astrodon NIR filters on 10micron GM2000 HPS II

      Software: MaximDL to capture - SkySurveyor to calculate mosaic tiles and to automatically move the scope to the next tile coordinate - SharpLock to keep the optical train perfectly focused - CCDStack to calibrate, register, normalize, data reject and combine - Registar and PixInsight for mosaic assembly - Photoshop CS5 and PixInsight for non-linear streching and HDR processing.

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      Colored version of my 180 pannels mosaic for the Orion Challenge, David Lindemann

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