Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  31 Ori  ·  34 Ori)  ·  34 del Ori  ·  46 Ori)  ·  46 eps Ori  ·  48 Ori  ·  48 sig Ori  ·  50 Ori)  ·  50 zet Ori  ·  Alnilam  ·  Alnitak  ·  B33  ·  Flame Nebula  ·  HD294240  ·  HD294242  ·  HD294272  ·  HD36014  ·  HD36046  ·  HD36057  ·  HD36074  ·  HD36075  ·  HD36089  ·  HD36118  ·  HD36134  ·  HD36150  ·  HD36176  ·  HD36219  ·  HD36251  ·  HD36252  ·  HD36313  ·  And 145 more.
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Orion's Belt, the Horse & the Flame..., Jon Gascoyne
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Orion's Belt, the Horse & the Flame...

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Medium wide-field image of the three bright stars that form Orion's Belt. The emission & dark nebula surrounding the easternmost star (Alnitak) include The Flame Nebula (NGC 2024), IC 434 and the Horsehead Nebula (B33).

They form part of the large Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, an area of active star formation located approximately 1500 light years from Earth. The faint smudge in the top left corner of the image is the reflection nebula M78.

Exposure: 32 x 50s exposures @ ISO1600 equiv. Darks & bias/offset, no flats.
Camera: Canon EOS 60Da
Lens: EF 70-200mm 1:4 L USM @ f/5.6. 200mm (x1.6).
Filters: Astronomik CLS
Mount: Piggy-backed on 8" Meade LX10. Rough polar alignment.
Guiding: None

Reprocessed 2024 with RC-Astro toolkit in PixInsight & Photoshop.
Original 2012 version here https://www.flickr.com/photos/absolutefolly/8249756803/in/album-72177720312959493/

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Orion's Belt, the Horse & the Flame..., Jon Gascoyne