Orion: Complex, versatile and unapologetically beautiful. (Ali Alobaidly)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 28 Ori) · 34 Ori) · 36 Ori) · 42 Ori) · 44 Ori) · 46 Ori) · 48 Ori · 49 Ori) · 50 Ori) · Flame Nebula · Great Orion Nebula · IC 426 · IC 430 · IC 432 · IC 434 · Lower Sword · M 42 · M 43 · Mairan's Nebula · NGC 1975 · NGC 1976 · NGC 1977 · NGC 1980 · NGC 1981 · NGC 1982 · NGC 2023 · NGC 2024 · NGC 2064 · Orion B · Orion Nebula · And 13 more.

Orion: Complex, versatile and unapologetically beautiful., Ali Alobaidly

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What I love the most about Orion and his neighbors, the horse and flame, is that they are both emission and reflection nebulae. The region is so rich in data that any astrophotographer can produce a beautiful portrait of Orion's lights wherever they may be, in light polluted skies using narrowband techniques or somewhere dark using broadband imaging. What if, however, you did both. Can you make use of the rich Hydrogen alpha (Ha) data and still maintain a hint of the nebula's broadband colours? Could you blend both sets of data and reveal the running man, famously absent in the Ha emissions? What about M72's beautiful blue reflections and dark tendrils? This region is captivating in its diversity, it seems an injustice not to try to isolate some of its landmarks in the full spectrum or surrender others when you narrow down the light hitting your camera sensor. This image, shot in both dual-Band (Ha & Oiii) and broadband, is my uncompromising attempt at revealing Orion the way I believe it yearns to be observed. Complex, versatile and unapologetically beautiful.

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