A quick Orion wide field, before dawn on 19th Sept.

[appyaardvark]

Not sure if I've done this justice or not, but it was just a quick one before the Sun rose

Orion Belt and Sword region by appyaardvark, on Flickr

Orion Belt and Sword region

NGC2024 Flame Nebula

IC434 Horsehead Nebula

NGC1981 Open Cluster

NGC1977 Running Man

NGC1975

NGC1973

M43 and M42 Great Orion Nebula

19th Sept., 2012. Wiltshire.

50mins total exposure (10 x 5mins)

Camera: Full spectrum modified Canon 450D & Astronomik CLS filter

Lens: Canon 200mm L F2.8 II USM @F4, ISO400

Guidescope: Skywatcher ST80

Guide camera: QHY5 mono

Mount: Losmandy G11 w/Ovision worm, Gemini controlled

Cartes du Ciel, PHD guiding, ImagesPlus, PS CS3

Cheers,

Paul

[Mark72]

Nicely done Paul!

Warming up for Winter skies

Mark

[Gina]

Great shot and very interesting This is an area I plan to tackle soon - running a bit late in the night ATM. Mind you by the time we get another clear night it might be well be much earlier

[appyaardvark]

Great shot and very interesting This is an area I plan to tackle soon - running a bit late in the night ATM. Mind you by the time we get another clear night it might be well be much earlier

After having a miserable night with failed attempts at IC1396 and my dew zapper falling off my 200mm lens during my attempt at M45, I was about to give up, when I noticed Orion rising above the trees

Yes, looking at the recent forecasts, it will be well into October when I have a clear night and I'm not working a night shift

Cheers,

Paul

[cloudbuster]

Lovely wide-field image!

bob

[Pete Presland]

you have done it justice! very nice widefield shot, particularly like the flame and horse-head

[ollypenrice]

Yup, this is the great-great-GREAT widefield target because we all know and love the Horsey and M42 and seeing them together is the stuff of dreams.

Coats on, winter's here! (Still in shorts actually but you'll have your revenge in the UK when the minus teens hit us...)

Get more data, you'll have a ball.

Olly

[tich]

Beautiful image you've definitely done it justice....

[ultranova]

Its a sure sign its that time of year again.

Very nice picture, always nice to this area of the sky,

Well done.

[andyo]

really nice widefield also like the horsehead

[Quatermass]

How good it is to see these two old friends again, very nice wide field shot indeed.

[appyaardvark]

Thanks for all the comments. My favourite season is almost upon us, time to wrap up and weather permitting, enjoy the long nights

[Shibby]

Very nice widefield Welcome back, Orion! (If only you didn't hide behind my local streetlight!)

[swag72]

What a cracking image - You've done very well with this one, it's lovely.

[SJJ]

Great image, good to see the winter targets coming around again. Still too late (or more accurately early) for me though!

[gingergeek]

Nice, very nice...jealous, very jealous

[tich]

I keep coming back to look at this & I'm just in awe!!!

[red dwalf]

wow that is a lovely pic, congrats

[fwm891]

Very nice Paul, I was hoping for that shot this morning but a tree had other ideas and cloud rolled as it left the tree!

[Dave Smith]

That's a wonderful image Paul. The 200mm lens certainly does the business. I look forward to giving this a go this winter.

Just one thing puzzles me, the diffraction spikes are at a different angle on the two sides of the image?

Dave

[appyaardvark]

That's a wonderful image Paul. The 200mm lens certainly does the business. I look forward to giving this a go this winter.

Just one thing puzzles me, the diffraction spikes are at a different angle on the two sides of the image?

Dave

You and me both Dave, they are also more prominent in one axis, another mystery to me. I will try and stop it down and see if that makes a difference, or perhaps an aperture ring. Will be interesting to see if I get the same effect with the 100mm F2 and 314L+ OSC (when I order it next month)