The Orion Nebula. (Sean Liang)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: Great Orion Nebula · Lower Sword · M 42 · M 43 · Mairan's Nebula · NGC 1973 · NGC 1975 · NGC 1976 · NGC 1977 · NGC 1980 · NGC 1981 · NGC 1982 · Orion Nebula · The star 42Ori · The star 45Ori · The star θ1Ori · The star θ2Ori · The star ιOri · Upper Sword · the Running Man Nebula

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The Orion Nebula.It’s my first time filming a deep sky object!I am really surprised with the result because the conditions were not ideal at all. The 97% full moon didn’t set until 5:00 in the morning; the place was quite windy the whole night; clouds were obscuring the Octantis for polar alignment, and not to mention the lockdown limiting me to a Bortle 6 sky.It was a really, really fun night though. It took me nearly 3 hours to get the polar alignment right (I blame the clouds). I didn’t have the dew heater straps, so I improvised and wrapped some hand warmers on the telescope. The place was so windy and chilly that I was dancing the whole night to stay warm.I was thrilled when I saw the Orion Nebula on my camera screen for the first time. Even more thrilled when I saw the stacked image. It really surprised me what a cheap camera and tiny telescope can do nowadays. I remembered the first Orion Nebula photograph taken in 1880, and it was fascinating to experience how much humanity has advanced in technology. Equipment and settings:Mount: skywatcher star adventurer pro 2iCamera: Astro Modified Canon 2000DTelescope: Redcat 51 250mm f4.9Filter: Optolong L Pro FilterSettings: 30s at iso 1600Integration: 116 Lights, 20 Darks, 30 Flats, 50 Bias FramesTotal integration time: 1hr16mEdited in DeppSkyStacker, Ps, SnapseedLocation: Boora Point, Malabar, NSW 2036

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