Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  42 Ori)  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 Ori)  ·  44 Ori)  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  48 Ori  ·  48 sig Ori  ·  50 Ori)  ·  50 zet Ori  ·  Alnitak  ·  B33  ·  Flame Nebula  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  HD294240  ·  HD294242  ·  HD294272  ·  HD36393  ·  HD36394  ·  HD36395  ·  HD36456  ·  HD36457  ·  HD36526  ·  HD36528  ·  HD36539  ·  HD36540  ·  HD36559  ·  And 161 more.
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ORION: M42 & Running Man, Horsehead & Flame, Jeff Perry
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ORION: M42 & Running Man, Horsehead & Flame

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ORION: M42 & Running Man, Horsehead & Flame

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Description

Last year, when Orion was leaving for the end of winter, I was drawn to doing a mosaic or a full frame image to capture a larger portion of the complex. After failing miserably at 135mm, I decided to spend a few months at a 250mm FL with a APS-C crop sized sensor combined with a 4:3 crop sensor. I was able to frame up Orion with Running Man and The Horsehead and Flame Nebula. I have seen some similar frames, but most of what I had seen was poorly done with overexposure or lack of exposure or a combination of both. I present to you my pain staking effort this winter with about a 50 hours integration excluding about 20 hours of culled data and countless hours of time in PI and PS.

Data

ASI294MC Pro with Optolong L-Pro Filter:

M42 Data 
5s x 360 (0.5 Hours)         
10s x 360 (1 Hour)         
30s x 360 (3 Hour)  
60s x 360 (6 Hours)     
120s x180 (6 Hours) 

Barnard 33 Data 
600s x 36 (6 Hours) 

ASI2600MC Pro with Optilong L-Ultimate Filter:

M42 & Barnard 33 Data 
900s x 100 (25 Hours) L-Ultimate  
120s x 90(3 Hours) L-Pro (Stars)

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ORION: M42 & Running Man, Horsehead & Flame, Jeff Perry