Clouds of Orion (north.stargazer)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 34 Ori) · 42 Ori) · 43 Ori) · 44 Ori) · 46 Ori) · 48 Ori · 49 Ori) · 50 Ori) · 51 Ori · Flame Nebula · Great Orion Nebula · IC 434 · M 42 · M 43 · Mairan's Nebula · NGC 1976 · NGC 1982 · NGC 2024 · NGC 2112 · Orion B · Orion Nebula · Part of the constellation Orion (Ori) · The star 31 Ori · The star Alnilam (ε Ori · The star Alnitak (ζ Ori · The star Hatysa (ι Ori · The star Mintaka (δ Ori · The star Mizan Batil I (c Ori · The star Mizan Batil II (θ2 Ori · The star Mizan Batil III (d Ori · And 2 more.

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Every winter I attempt to shoot Orion in a slightly different way.
This year I opted for wider FOV and tried this 6-panel mosaic. In addition to M42 and the Horsehead Nebula, this composition encompasses the three stars in Orion's belt (Mintaka, Alnilam and Alnitak) and also manages to include a significant portion of Barnard's Loop.

My equipment was a William Optics 51mm RedCat paired with an ASI2600MC camera and Radian Triad Ultra filter.
I used APP to separate the Ha and Oiii signals and recombined them into this cool-hued HaOHH+RGB combination.
The final image was over 700Mb and 122.5 Megapixels. This JPG is about half of that size, but sufficient to see the finer details.
Final touches in Photoshop (star spikes are simulated).

All data was captured from my Bortle 8 backyard near Toronto between January and February 2023.

I hope you enjoy it.

Light Polluted skies
The refractors!
ZWO ASI 2600MC PRO
Canadian Astrophotography
William Optics CAT Series
The OSC Club (One Shot Camera)

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