Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  31 Ori  ·  34 del Ori  ·  36 ups Ori  ·  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 c Ori  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  46 eps Ori  ·  48 sig Ori  ·  49 d Ori  ·  50 zet Ori  ·  51 b Ori  ·  55 Ori  ·  56 Ori  ·  59 Ori  ·  60 Ori  ·  Alnilam  ·  Alnitak  ·  B33  ·  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  Hatysa  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 423  ·  IC 426  ·  IC 430  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  M 42  ·  And 44 more.
10 Panel Mosaic - Orion, Dennis Sprinkle
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10 Panel Mosaic - Orion

10 Panel Mosaic - Orion, Dennis Sprinkle
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10 Panel Mosaic - Orion

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Description

10 Panel mosaic of Orion shot remotely from my system in Marathon Remote Imaging Observatory (MaRIO) in Marathon, TX.

I was blown away by the amount of dust in this area. This camera is amazing at picking all of it up. Of course with such a large sensor, the bright stars made things interesting. I had to adjust the positioning of the panels while shooting several time to keep flaring down.

Software used to capture image:

Sequence Generator Pro

PHD2

Software used to edit:

PixInsight

Astro Pixel Processor

Photoshop

Each panel is slightly different on amount of subs. I shot 32 per panel but after culling some, the numbers are different.

Total data gathered:

Main Panel: (269) Subs @ 300secs - 1x1 @ Gain 2200

Camera : QHYCCD QHY128C

Telescope: Stellarvue SVQ86

Mount: AP Mach1GTO

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Description: Took some advice and lowered the background levels and removed a little bit of yellow cast to it.

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10 Panel Mosaic - Orion, Dennis Sprinkle