From the Witch to the Angel (Brian Boyle)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 19 Ori) · 20 Ori · 28 Ori) · 29 Ori · 44 Ori) · 46 Ori) · 48 Ori · 50 Ori) · 67 Eri) · 69 Eri) · Algebar (β Ori · Dhalim (β Eri · Flame Nebula · Great Orion Nebula · IC 430 · IC 432 · IC 434 · M 42 · M 43 · Mairan's Nebula · NGC 1909 · NGC 1975 · NGC 1976 · NGC 1977 · NGC 1982 · NGC 2023 · NGC 2024 · NGC 2183 · Orion B · Orion Nebula · And 14 more.

From the Witch to the Angel, Brian Boyle

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From the Witch to the Angel

Having discovered the new WBPP and SPCC on PI, I thought I would resurrect some subs taken over the past years and try to put together a mosaic that I have failed to do in the past - largely due to poor processing and photometry. I also threw in a few hours of data taken on the Angel nebula last dark of moon, just as it was disappearing over the horizon.

I am quite pleased with the resultant 5-pane mosaic, but probably went a little too far on the contrast and saturation. This is designed to be a "crowd-pleaser" as it will form part of the Matariki (Pleiades) Maori New Year celebrations in July. Given Matariki's Northerly location, Maori people on South Island NZ use the rise of Puaka (or Rigel) in June/July to denote the New Year.

This image is a crop of a wider shot - including the IFN to the west of the WitchHead, but I think this framing works better.

Nevertheless this shot features the WItch Head, Horsehead, M42, De Marians, Running Man and the Angel nebulae plus Barnard's loop. Not a bad haul.

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