Orion widefield

About the Object

Orion is the undisputed master of the winter sky!

Observation Notes

I took the peace of the holiday season to stack a large number of DSLR frames (about 600) of the region between the Orion belt and the M42 complex. Data were collected during a number of trips to southern Arizona with my mobile rig - the famous Samyang 135mm + a Canon EOS Ra. Sky conditions were quire varying during these trips, so I used it also as an exercise ground to play with PixInsights new MARS background modeling - it worked quite well and is a very nice tool to cope with nebulosity covered regions like here in Orion.

Data were taken on 2023 March 28, 29 and April 1st as well as 2024 April 11,12,13,14,15.

Technical Details

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