Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
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Orion's Belt behind Pla de la Guàrdia, Aleix Roig
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Description

This wide field image shows the Orion's Belt and several nebulae behind the viewpoint of El Pla de la Guàrdia, a perfect place to stargaze located in Prades (Tarragona).

The image is the result of combining several individual images to enhance the details of  the Orion constellation. All the images have been captured at the same place and time with a Sony A7s astro modified and a Samyang 135mm lens.

Several nebulae can be seen in this sky scape: The Great Orion Nebula (Messier 42), the Running Man Nebula Sh2-279, the Horsehead Nebula (IC 434), the Flame Nebula Sh2-277, and the reflection nebula Messier 78. All the field is surrounded by the Barnard's Loop, Sh2-276.


Details:

Landscape: 1 single image 30" 2000ISO f/2.8 Samyang 135mm Sony A7s

Sky: Stacking of 40x30" 3200ISO f/2.8 Samyang 135mm Sony A7s

Darks: 12x30"

Total exposure: 20'30"

Data acquisition: 13th of March 2021.

Mount used for the sky tracking: Star Adventurer

Software: APP, PIX, PS, LR.

Location: Pla de la Guàrdia, Prades (Tarragona, Catalonia - Spain).

Darkness: 21.50 mag/arcsec2

Aleix Roig – Prades (Tarragona, Spain), July 2021.

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Orion's Belt behind Pla de la Guàrdia, Aleix Roig

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