Belt, Sword, Loop: Needing more S and less N

[coatesg]

Another widefield I took on 25th/26th Nov using my Baader modded 350d and Canon 85mm EF f1.8 USM (working at f4.5). This is 21x5min, so 1h45m total taken at ISO400 using an IDAS P2 filter from here in Oxfordshire. 

I'm sure the region doesn't need too much introduction. To be honest, it needs a lot more exposure, and arguably taking with something more sensitive with less read noise! Being a bit further south would help me too...there was a heavy dose of DBE to sort the gradients out here. 

Barnard's Loop, the Bogeyman, M42/3, Flame and Horsehead all relatively easy, and the dusty stuff (part of The Orion Molecular Cloud Complex) that extends between them passing by M78 is reasonably obvious, though the fainter stuff is all a bit noisy still. There's also the bluish nebulosity LBN 915 *just* on the limit of visibility to the right of Sh2-278 that extends around the right of eta Orionis. As I said though, it all needs much greater SNR, and less need to resort to MMT for noise reduction... (any more and it started to adversely affect the image). 

Both images reduced to 2048px width here for convenience.

Thanks for looking.

 

 

 

[Hayduke27]

That's a great image!

[Luna-tic]

Such a lovely coverage of one of the best spots in the sky. Fabulous!

[JemC]

Excellent capture, well done

i must admit though that i have a soft spot for Orion,

Can't wait for this weather to improve,

[coatesg]

Thanks all! 

[steppenwolf]

That's a lovely field of view, so much to see and recognise with great colours.

[happy-kat]

I like the loop showing on the left.

What lens is this please 'Canon 85mm ED'? 

[coatesg]

Thanks the lens is a typo! It's the 85mm EF f1.8 USM.

[happy-kat]

I have that lens too but I don;t think it is ED glass. Lots of CA wide open.

[coatesg]

No - The ED was a typo (should have been EF) - is correct now.