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Orion's Belt and Sword - from a dark site, Paul Ricker
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Orion's Belt and Sword - from a dark site

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Orion's Belt and Sword - from a dark site, Paul Ricker
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Orion's Belt and Sword - from a dark site

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While visiting southwestern New Mexico around New Year's, I revisited a region I imaged last month from my home in Illinois. With only about 30% more exposure, I was able to get much more detail out of the dim, dusty regions near the Orion Nebula and the fainter H-alpha emission and dust near the Horsehead. Dark skies make a big difference!

Also trying out Astro Pixel Processor. I used it for stacking and calibration, background calibration, and photometric calibration on the stars, then stretched and processed the result in StarTools.

Image produced from exposures taken at the Casitas de Gila guest houses in SW New Mexico.

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Orion's Belt and Sword - from a dark site, Paul Ricker