Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 423  ·  IC 430  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  M 78  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  NGC 1990  ·  NGC 1999  ·  NGC 2023  ·  NGC 2024  ·  NGC 2064  ·  NGC 2067  ·  NGC 2068  ·  Part of the constellation Orion (Ori)  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 49Ori  ·  The star Alnilam (εOri)  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star Mintaka (δOri)  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  And 2 more.
Orion Belt and Sword Mosaic, Federico Pelliccia
Orion Belt and Sword Mosaic
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Orion Belt and Sword Mosaic

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11 November 2014 // APOD Nasa

This composite image has been created using more than 40 1-square-degree panels in the R band from DSS POSS-II as luminance and the RGB from a former image by R. Gendler (http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/ODFNM.html).

(The Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II) was made by the California Institute of Technology with funds from the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the Sloan Foundation, the Samuel Oschin Foundation, and the Eastman Kodak Corporation.

Credits and Copyright Assembling/ Processing : Roberto Colombari / Federico Pelliccia

RGB data courtesy: Robert Gendler

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Orion Belt and Sword Mosaic, Federico Pelliccia