Nebulas in Orion

 

        This area include 2 of the 3 bright "belt" stars in the constellation Orion at the top of the image.  The bright emission Flame Nebula (NGC2024) is just to the left of the left belt star Alnitak.  Below Alnitak is the red emission nebula IC434 which contains the just viewable dark nebula Horsehead Nebula (B33).

          Lower down to the right is the "sword of Orion" which contains the very bright emission nebula M42 and above the blue reflection nebula NGC1977.

 
Optics Camera Film Exposure Mount/Guiding Scanning Processing Location Date
300mm f4.5 @ f4.5 Nikon F Supra 400 (old) 20, 5 min G11 with ST4 through TV85 Minolta Scan Dual II Levels/Curves/radial gradient/masked in 5 min core/mild Gaussian blur in PS7 Borrego Springs, CA 9/27/03

Comments: Average seeing.  Guiding went well.