Orion with Barnard´s Loop
Orion with Barnard´s Loop: The image shows the constellation of Orion or The Hunter with the bright prominent stars Rigel (lower left) and Betelgeuse (upper right). In the center of the constellation shines the bright Great Orion Nebula and the vast emission complex around the Horse Head Nebula.
The red band of nebulosity is the faint Barnard´s Loop, the origin of which is still not known.
Object |
Orion with Barnard´s Loop |
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Catagory |
Constellations |
Designation |
Orion with Barnard´s Loop |
Constellation |
Orion |
Optics |
Canon EF 50mm lens f/1.8 @ f/6.3 RGB, f/4.5 H-alpha |
Camera |
SBIG STL 11000M with internal CFW 5 |
Exposure |
1x20min H-alpha, 1x10min each RGB, Baader filterset. Maxim DL for image acquisition |
Calibration |
Dark + Flat Frame |
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Guiding |
StarlightXpress Lodestar and Skywatcher ED 80 as Guide Scope, Maxim DL as Guiding Softwareiding software |
Mount |
Astro-Physics 900 GTO |
Processing |
Maxim DL5,PixInsight,Photoshop, Color Code L:H-alpha,R:H-alpha/R,G,B |
Location, Date |
Somerset West, South Africa - 15+17 Feb 2012 |
Remark |
