Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  1 Mon  ·  18 Ori  ·  19 Ori)  ·  19 bet Ori  ·  2 Mon  ·  21 Ori  ·  24 Ori)  ·  24 gam Ori  ·  25 Ori  ·  28 Ori)  ·  34 Ori)  ·  39 lam Ori  ·  44 Ori)  ·  45 Ori  ·  46 Ori)  ·  49 d Ori  ·  50 Ori)  ·  51 b Ori  ·  53 Ori)  ·  55 Ori  ·  58 Ori)  ·  65 psi Eri  ·  66 Eri  ·  67 Eri)  ·  67 bet Eri  ·  69 lam Eri  ·  Al Mankib  ·  Algebar (β Ori  ·  Alnitak  ·  B223  ·  And 1467 more.
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Orion Region, Ben Hakala
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Orion Region

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Orion Region

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Much of the constellation of Orion is in this image including the belt and sword of Orion.  This includes the great Orion Nebula, The horse head and flame nebula, the witches head nebula, and a whole lot more.

The great clouds of dust that makes up most of this image are in the Orion-Cygnus arm of the Milky Way galaxy which is the same arm our solar system is in.  Most of these dust clouds are relatively diffuse and spread out, but it clusters in some areas such as the Orion Nebula which is a major active star forming region where dense regions of dust coalesce into massive bodies which can form stars and solar systems.

This was taken with a Rokinon 85 mm lens using a ZWO ASI294 Pro camera and filter wheel.

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Orion Region, Ben Hakala