Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  De Mairan's nebula  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Hatysa  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  Sh2-279  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  Upper Sword  ·  the Running Man Nebula
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Running from Orion, Jeff Coldrey
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Running from Orion

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Running from Orion

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It's been a couple of months since I last posted an image to AstroBin. Life has been quite busy ... plus a 1965 car restoration has been attracting much of my "hobby time". I'm amazed to find this is my first attempt at imaging M42 and the Running Man nebula in over 6 years. Like over playing a favourite song, I think I may have imaged target almost to death during my first few years of astro photography using my trusty Canon 450D. But it's still such a fascinating region.

The ASI1600-related diffraction pattern surrounding "Iota Orionis" is very pronounced in this image. I considered smoothing this in Photoshop or researching how to remove the artefact using PI. In the end I've just embraced it as a new artistic type of diffraction pattern!

I hope everyone has been keeping well.

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Running from Orion, Jeff Coldrey