Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 430  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  NGC 1990  ·  NGC 1999  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  Part of the constellation Orion (Ori)  ·  The star 31Ori  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star Alnilam (εOri)  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  The star σOri
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Orion's nether regions, drivingcat
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Orion's nether regions

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Orion's nether regions, drivingcat
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Orion's nether regions

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I thought I'd try using my 55-300mm zoom lens on Orion at 200mm to capture all of the "junk" under his belt. This was the first lens I used to capture the Orion Nebula and Andromeda back in 2016 when I first started this hobby. I bought a telescope soon after and never really went back to this lens because I figured the quality would be so bad. I was pleasantly surprised how well this came out though the stars look funky, overall, it's a pretty decent image.

I rigged the filters to fit on the very front of the lens using some cardboard and tape. That's a way of life over here .

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Orion's nether regions, drivingcat

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