Belt, Sword, Loop

Published:
Graeme Coates
Standlake, Witney
Taken with a modded Canon 350d (Baader filter), Canon 85mm EF f1.8 USM lens (at f4.5) through an IDAS P2 filter. Mount: Losmandy GM-8.
Exposures: 21x5min at ISO400.
All controlled with a Raspberry Pi 3 running KStars/Ekos.
Reduction and processing using Pixinsight and Photoshop.
A familiar area of sky to many, here is central Orion showing the belt stars, the Orion Nebula, The Flame and Horsehead, M78 and the 2 million year old supernova remnant, Barnard’s Loop.
Also faintly visible is Sh2-278 and bluish nebula LBN 915 to its right, extending around Eta Orionis.
2017-11-25T00:00:00