Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
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Orion and Monoceros, Alistair Symon
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Orion and Monoceros, Alistair Symon

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This widefield image shows the constellations of Orion and Monoceros. Prominent in Orion are the Horsehead and Orion nebulae. In Monoceros you can see the Rosette, Cone and Seagull nebulae. This is an 8 image mosaic taken with a 135mm camera lens through H-alpha, SII and OIII filters. 160 hours of data was collected for this. There are higher resolution mosaics of the main nebulae embedded within it taken through a 4 inch refractor. These images comprise another 224 hours of data collection taken through H-alpha, SII and OIII filters.

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Orion and Monoceros, Alistair Symon