The incredible Orion Nebula and Running Man nebula + Stars Over Bucks + SHO-3nm

The incredible Orion Nebula and Running Man nebula

Credit:  Stars Over Bucks

Filters: Optolong SHO-3nm

 

 

The incredible Orion Nebula and Running Man nebula, Messier 42-43 and NGC 1977. This is the closest major star forming region to the Earth at 1300 light years away and measures 24 light years across. This is also one of the brightest deep sky objects, visible with the naked eye even from the suburbs and an easy binocular or small telescope target. This is a narrowband image using Sulphur, Hydrogen and Oxygen (SHO) filters that help isolate light from these ionized gases in the nebula.  The SHO greyscale images are mapped to red, green, blue to create this false colored image. This approach is known as as the Hubble Palette, based on its extensive use for the space telescope images. 

 

 

Telescope: William Optics Pleiades 111 f/4.8
Camera: Zwo ASI 6200MM Pro
Exposure: 10 x 1 min RGB, 90 x 6 min SHO
Mount: Zwo AM5
Guiding: ASI290mini, 30mm scope
Filter: Optolong 3nm SHO
Software: NINA, DSS, Pixinsight 
Sky: Bortle 1

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