(Barnard’s Loop. M78, B33, IC434, NGC2024, NGC1977, M42 & M43)
Here with this 3 panel Mosaic are the most popular Jewels of The Constellation of Orion all captured from the backyard of my new home on the slopes of Grand Mesa at an elevation of 6600 feet in Western Colorado over only 2 nights.
I am amazed with the sensitivity and low read noise of the new QHY367C, Full Frame 7376x4938, 36.4mega pixel One Shot Color CMOS camera. The mosaic comprises of 135 x 2 minute exposures for a Total Integration time of 4.5 Hours.
For comparison, here is my earlier Mosaic of Orion captured using the QHY11 Mono CCD, total integration time was over 40 hours (admittedly this image has H-Alpha added)
www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/15094540899/in/album-7...You can also read all about these magnificent objects in our e-book
cosmicpursuits.com/e-books/armchair-astronomer-volume-1-n...Technical Information
Location: Grand Mesa, Whitewater Colorado
Captured February 15th and 16th 2017
Size: 7376 x 4938 pixels x 3
Pixel Size: 4.88um x 4.88um
Total integration Time 4.5 Hours
QHY367C Full Frame One Shot Color COLDMOS cooled to -20C
135 x 120 sec @ 1x1
Optics: Takahashi E-180 Epsilon
Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount
Image Acquisition Maxim DL
Pre Processing Deep Sky Stacker
Post Processing Photoshop CS6
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