Inside the Great Nebula in Orion

This 12.5hr exposure peers deep inside the Great Nebula in Orion. The ionisation of Hydrogen atoms by ultra violet radiation, emitted by massive stars deep inside the nebula, produce the predominantly red hues. Clouds of fine dust appear blue-grey due to the scattering of short visible light wavelengths in a process known as Rayleigh scattering. Cold foreground dust and dark molecular hydrogen create a fine intricate web of obscuring dark clouds. The combined atomic and optical processes coordinate to produce this stellar kaleidoscope of wispy details and colours.

AP152 F7.5 Starfire APO + FLI ProLine11002 CCD & CFW-2-7
LHaRGB = 5hrs 6hrs 30 30 30min Astronomik filters
Image scale = 1.4"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9
AstroHandy LightRing used for flats
Processed in Astroart4

Comments and faves

  1. Fool-On-The-Hill, 1600 Squirrels, La Roccia, Rache'spics, and 350 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Nickname: Ron (40 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Universe II, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    Beautiful picture! Yeah, I saw it through my telescope. It was a small object than this picture. It was so cool.

  3. astrometry.net (40 months ago | reply)

    Hello, this is the blind astrometry solver. Your results are:
    (RA, Dec) center:(83.6958221544, -5.52535808731) degrees
    (RA, Dec) center (H:M:S, D:M:S):(05:34:46.997, -5:31:31.289)
    Orientation:-178.07 deg E of N

    Pixel scale:3.28 arcsec/pixel

    Parity:Reverse ("Left-handed")
    Field size :56.01 x 53.83 arcminutes
    Your field contains:
    The star θ1Ori
    The star θ2Ori
    The star ιOri
    NGC 1976 / NGC 1976 / Great Nebula in Orion / M 42
    NGC 1980 / NGC 1980
    NGC 1982 / NGC 1982 / M 43

    View in World Wide Telescope

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    If you would like to have other images solved, please submit them to the astrometry group.

  4. Erik N Larsen (40 months ago | reply)

    Incredible picture , great work with the layers and colors.

  5. peter.hoyland [deleted] (39 months ago | reply)

    This is heavenly, excuse the pun.

  6. strongmanmike2002 (39 months ago | reply)

    Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed it

  7. Rache'spics (39 months ago | reply)

    thats truly amazing how beautiful, not of this world !!!

  8. EOS-001 (39 months ago | reply)

    nice :-)

  9. mimirodel (35 months ago | reply)

    the colours in this are just amazing, i love it :)

  10. max_y_mum (35 months ago | reply)

    This is stunning!!

  11. amilic (35 months ago | reply)

    W.O.W

    :-O

    Awesome!

  12. yazerahman (35 months ago | reply)

    amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  13. gabrielk1 (35 months ago | reply)

    awestruck, wow, so beautiful and so well taken

  14. frozen_campari (35 months ago | reply)

    Wow!
    Dude, your photostream is awesome!

  15. Designer Michael (35 months ago | reply)

    Awesome Picture!

  16. Den Prado (35 months ago | reply)

    Wow! ur genius my friend.

  17. David Whistlecraft (35 months ago | reply)

    Simply stunning

  18. Von_ (35 months ago | reply)

    Wow! It's so easy to forget how beautiful the heavens are. You've captures it perfectly :-)

  19. deliadawnn (35 months ago | reply)

    This photograph is stunning. I can imagine how incredible it must be to view in your scope. I am envious of your view of the universe.

  20. fragglerocks (35 months ago | reply)

    awesome, thank you.

  21. MindCapture (35 months ago | reply)

    This is really a impressive picture ! fav !

  22. sethis (35 months ago | reply)

    looks like a giant heart

  23. pughs112 (35 months ago | reply)

    Absolutely Fantastic

  24. Mary Ann 143 (35 months ago | reply)

    Breath taking!!!

  25. the real miami vice (35 months ago | reply)

    this is just awesome.. great stuff

  26. Stink Poop (35 months ago | reply)

    This is amazing. Reminds me that we are just a speck in what is out there. Thank you for your photographs.

  27. Scott Stringham "Rustling Leaf Design" (35 months ago | reply)

    this is the best i have ever seen of m42.

  28. hashplant [deleted] (35 months ago | reply)

    unfuckinbelieveable.

  29. Cyrus II (35 months ago | reply)

    Incredible.

  30. Brit Sebastien (35 months ago | reply)

    This is absolutely beautiful...

  31. LawrenceB (35 months ago | reply)

    This is stellar! a surreal photograph.
    I wish you could show your gear and show how you do this. I am really interested on how you executed this. Really really amazing!

  32. carlaylay (35 months ago | reply)

    how do you take a picture of something like this?!

  33. Bruce Lemons (35 months ago | reply)

    Holy crap....that's amazing!

  34. Yvonne M Walsh (35 months ago | reply)

    My god these are AMAZING ..... it make you feel what a most amazingly wonderful universe we are part of ...... Thank You

  35. Heart of the Ocean. (35 months ago | reply)

    Nice work - well done!

  36. tiffy chen (34 months ago | reply)

    This is beyond amazing! It took my breath away,
    COMPLETELY.

  37. Heart of the Ocean. (34 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Expanding Universe, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  38. Victor Calvis (29 months ago | reply)

    wow! smart setup and just... perfect results!

  39. cat-bones (28 months ago | reply)

    This is amazing....amazingamazingamazing x 478291749827198421421.

  40. Bakke Photography (17 months ago | reply)

    Holy crap... and thats one technical photograph description!

  41. ironwalker (15 months ago | reply)

    I am blown away with such beauty!

  42. timballic (14 months ago | reply)

    Wow! So beautiful.

  43. Niall Corbet (14 months ago | reply)

    Mind blowing! How big is the nebula and how far way is it? ... just answered my own question by Googling ... 24 light years in diameter and 1,344 light years away (a light year being 10 trillion km) ... my mind is well and truly blown now!!!

  44. Fresh Light (10 months ago | reply)

    ...paradise shot...

  45. marcellucray (10 months ago | reply)

    ...lightning....

  46. thegreatlandoni (3 months ago | reply)

    You took this yourself ? ! ? ! ... I assumed it was from Hubble ! ... Incredible !

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