Orion and his neighbours (Wheeljack)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: El Nath (βTau) · Flame Nebula · Great Orion Nebula · IC 341 · IC 354 · IC 434 · M 42 · NGC 1909 · NGC 1976 · NGC 2237 · NGC 2238 · Orion B · Orion Nebula · Part of the constellation Canis Major (CMa) · Part of the constellation Eridanus (Eri) · Part of the constellation Gemini (Gem) · Part of the constellation Monoceros (Mon) · Part of the constellation Taurus (Tau) · Rosette A · Rosette Nebula · The constellation Lepus (Lep) · The constellation Orion (Ori) · The star Aldebaran (αTau) · The star Alhena (γGem) · The star Alnilam (εOri) · The star Alnitak (ζOri) · The star Bellatrix (γOri) · The star Betelgeuse (αOri) · The star Elnath · The star Mirzam (βCMa) · And 3 more.

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This image was taken on the first clear night in well over a month, it was really too cold to do any imaging but I wanted to at least try something.

It was -14 (celcius) and boy, do that temperature drain battery-life. After about 45 minutes I had ran out of battery on... well... everything. Tracker, laser (that took only a minute), lens-warmer, intervalometer and camera(!). The camera died juuuust as I finished the last 3m foreground shot.

I put the camera in the car, drove the 5-7 minutes back home, left the camera outside for about 30 minutes then shot darks at home using my second battery.

I really wanted to try to catch some of the red nebulosity surrounding Orion, but the light pollution was simply too much, so I am going to try later once I receive a filter I've ordered (Optolong L-Pro).

Bortle Zone 5

Camera: Astro-modified Canon T5i (700d)

Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 USM

Tracker: Move-Shoot-Move

Focal Length used: 35mm

Lights: 41 x 90 seconds @ISO 1600 f/4

Darks: 20

Flats/Bias: None

Foreground: 3 minutes at ISO 200 f/5.6

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Blended and processed in Photoshop

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