Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  10 pi.06 Ori  ·  19 Ori)  ·  19 bet Ori  ·  2 Mon  ·  20 Ori  ·  23 m Ori  ·  28 Ori)  ·  29 e Ori  ·  34 Ori)  ·  44 Ori)  ·  46 Ori)  ·  46 eps Ori  ·  47 ome Ori  ·  48 Ori  ·  49 d Ori  ·  50 Ori)  ·  50 zet Ori  ·  53 Ori)  ·  53 kap Ori  ·  55 Ori  ·  56 Ori  ·  59 Ori  ·  60 Ori  ·  62 b Eri  ·  63 Eri  ·  65 psi Eri  ·  67 Eri)  ·  68 Eri  ·  69 lam Eri  ·  Algebar (β Ori  ·  And 1851 more.
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Lower Half of Orion Mosaic - Samyang135 ASI2600 plus Askar200QHY600, Dave Boddington
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Lower Half of Orion Mosaic - Samyang135 ASI2600 plus Askar200QHY600

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Lower Half of Orion Mosaic - Samyang135 ASI2600 plus Askar200QHY600, Dave Boddington
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Lower Half of Orion Mosaic - Samyang135 ASI2600 plus Askar200QHY600

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The Lower half of Orion from the Bogeyman to the WitchHead. 12 Panel mosaic using a variety of scopes and incorporating data captured mostly using a Samyang135ASI2600 for RGB and also Samyang135ASI1600mm (from 2021)  GT71QHY600 and Askar200QHY600 for Ha and Askar200QHY600 for Lum on the right hand side.  Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop using  PIs Normalise Scale Gradient, Mosaic by Co-ordinates and Photometric Merge Mosaic to align and merge the panels,  Stretched initially in PI using ArcSinh, GHS and HT, then stars removed with Russ Croman's Star Exterminator, further stretching of Starless image in Pi, then  colour enhancement, Ha and Lum blending in Photoshop before replacing the stars in Photoshop using Screen mode.  Final levels and Noise Exterminator in PS.

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Lower Half of Orion Mosaic - Samyang135 ASI2600 plus Askar200QHY600, Dave Boddington

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