Nebulae afire off the belt of Orion

A 3 panel mosaic panorama with 18 hours of exposure. Bright stars on the left are Alnitak and Alnilam of Orion's Belt. Nearby the Flame (NGC 2024) and Horsehead (IC434) nebulae. To the right are the Running Man (NGC1977) and the Great Nebula of Orion (M42). The bright star at the right is Nar al Saif at the tip of Orion's sword.

Taken 2024-12-05 to 09 under Bortle 5 skies in Tucson, Arizona. WO RedCat 250/51mm, Baader Skyglow UV/IR cut filter, ASI533 MC camera, ASIAIR Plus controller, AM5N mount.

212 5' exposures stacked and processed in PixInsight with RC-Astro and SetiAstro tools. Final exp and crop in Affinity Photo. Full image is 20MP.

Content created: 2024-12-11

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