Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  31 Ori  ·  34 del Ori  ·  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  46 eps Ori  ·  48 sig Ori  ·  50 zet Ori  ·  Alnilam  ·  Alnitak  ·  B33  ·  De Mairan's nebula  ·  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  Hatysa  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 423  ·  IC 426  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  LBN 913  ·  LBN 914  ·  LBN 918  ·  LBN 921  ·  LBN 924  ·  LBN 925  ·  LBN 927  ·  And 68 more.
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Orion Wide Field Mosaic, Shailesh Trivedi
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Orion Wide Field Mosaic

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Orion Wide Field Mosaic

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This is an ultra-wide (7.6 x 5.7 arc degrees) view of the Great Orion Nebula (top right), the Horsehead Nebula (off center) and the Flame Nebula below that. The 3 stars rising diagonally left from the Horse Head are the 3 stars in Orion's Belt; bottom to top are Alnitak, Alnilam & Mintaka. This a 4 pane mosaic taken with a Hydrogen Alpha filter using Takahashi FS60 CB scope with a 0.72X focal reducer, producing a focal length of 264mm and corresponding super wide field of view.

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Orion Wide Field Mosaic, Shailesh Trivedi