Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  34 Ori)  ·  34 del Ori  ·  46 Ori)  ·  46 eps Ori  ·  48 Ori  ·  48 sig Ori  ·  50 Ori)  ·  50 zet Ori  ·  Alnilam  ·  Alnitak  ·  B33  ·  Flame Nebula  ·  HD290507  ·  HD290508  ·  HD290509  ·  HD290510  ·  HD290511  ·  HD290512  ·  HD290513  ·  HD290514  ·  HD290524  ·  HD290525  ·  HD290526  ·  HD290535  ·  HD290536  ·  HD290537  ·  HD290538  ·  HD290539  ·  HD290541  ·  HD290542  ·  And 263 more.
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Orion's bejewelled belt, Flemming Kristensen
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Orion's bejewelled belt

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Orion's bejewelled belt, Flemming Kristensen
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Orion's bejewelled belt

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The Belt of Orion is a well known asterism, and I have wanted to make this picture for a long time. I wanted to emphasize the stars, but also show the Horsehead and Flame nebulae in the frame of my 414mm focal length refractor. I also wanted diffraction spikes on the bright stars, so I had to fashion an artificial secondary spider from some garden wire and tape it to the objective. It worked like a charm.
Unfortunately I have a street lamp which starts to shine into the telescope as soon as it passes the meridian, so my useful nights are relatively short, and I only managed to get 62 minutes of integration time. Hopefully I can remedy this soon.

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