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The Great Orion Nebula & The Running Man Nebula in HaRGB, Orestis Pavlou
The Great Orion Nebula & The Running Man Nebula in HaRGB
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The Great Orion Nebula & The Running Man Nebula in HaRGB

The Great Orion Nebula & The Running Man Nebula in HaRGB, Orestis Pavlou
The Great Orion Nebula & The Running Man Nebula in HaRGB
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The Great Orion Nebula & The Running Man Nebula in HaRGB

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The Great Orion Nebula & The Running Man Nebula

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One of the most amazing objects in the night sky, the Orion Nebula, is the closest large star-forming region to Earth (1,500 light years away).

The Great Orion Nebula (center) and the Running Man Nebula (lower left) are actually part of the same dust & gas complex.

This image is a combination of RGB data (5 hours) and H-alpha data (5.5 hours). The H-alpha data helps reveal the surrounding dust.

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This target is one of my favourite DSOs and was a blast to process in both RGB and Ha, even though my processing of the core was not as successful as I had hoped.

I also uploaded my 5-hour RGB-only image (Revision B), as I was able to capture the Supernova Remnant IC 428 as well on that one (accidentally!).

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Total imaging time: 10.5 hours

Telescope: Sky-Watcher Evostar ED80 Black Diamond

Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro

Mount: Celestron AVX

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  • Final
    The Great Orion Nebula & The Running Man Nebula in HaRGB, Orestis Pavlou
    Original
  • The Great Orion Nebula & The Running Man Nebula in HaRGB, Orestis Pavlou
    B
  • The Great Orion Nebula & The Running Man Nebula in HaRGB, Orestis Pavlou
    C

B

Description: Revision B = The RGB-only image (5 hours total).
Added only because it includes the Supernova Remnant IC 428 (yellow-ish object on the right side, close to 3 o'clock).

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C

Description: Crop and slightly different processing of the Running Man Nebula (Sh2-279).

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The Great Orion Nebula & The Running Man Nebula in HaRGB, Orestis Pavlou